Hills Like White Elephants

Rajesh Mendonca
26/03/2003
Course Paper 1



"Hills like White Elephants" a story written by Hemingway, indirectly tells us
about "unwanted pregnancy”. Throughout the story, Hemingway does not convey the main idea. He conveys it in the introduction;” In which the unspoken subject is the abortion"(164). Nevertheless, if we consider the symbolism of Jig's statement that hills resemble white elephants (165), we might be able to make a more definitive case that this in fact is a story about unwanted pregnancy. The Story is also a third person narrative. We never find out how either one of the character feels; we only find out what they feel after reading what they say to each other. The Story also speaks of a conflict that remains unresolved till the end.
The story is structured with the absence of a rising action , falling action ,climax and resolution and the presence of a flat structure. Due to absence of these, the story i...