Evils of a man

Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” is a brilliant work that tells what evils happen when a man has power over a woman. “Hills Like White Elephants” is an extremely short story, but a beautiful one at that. It takes place at a train station in rural Spain. There is a man and a young woman at the train station and they are conversing about whether or not the young lady should have an abortion or not. The man got her pregnant and wants to abort the baby, while the lady, on the other hand, is still not sure what the fate of her unborn child should be. In this story, the man can be viewed in two ways: as very selfish about his love towards the woman, or as being very generous in his love for her. Because he is older and more experienced than she is, he has a great advantage, economic power. The end of the story can be read in several different ways in regards to the man. Either the man is a victor over the woman, a loser to the woman, or someone who possesses undimini...