Hills Like White Elephants

         Hemingway's short story, Hills Like White Elephants, was a story that started off as if it was something very simple. A couple sitting down waiting for a train and talking about a problem that was not directly mentioned. Nothing big, right? I found this story very interesting because once you read the story and realize that they are actually talking about an abortion, it makes you think about how in reality we as humans also tend to go about certain problems. In the story they avoided calling the problem by  it's name, they named everything in this story but what the problem is, in this case the abortion. Although, this conversation evolved because Jig had to make a decision about whether or not she keeps the baby, this problem also brought up the internal problems the characters had beforehand. Throughout this conversation, we realize that Jig has problems within her self and does not value herself. Jig depends on her companion, the American man, that is not given a name throughout the story, mostly because he is somewhat insignificant. Jig is always looking for this man's approval and affirmation and we can see this when she told him that she would it only get the operation done for him. This made me think, she doesn't care about what she wants or how she feels, she only seems to care about the American man's wants/needs. Hemingway's minimalistic style of writing leaves the reader to figure it all out with the setting and dialogue that is provided and made it a very interesting way of how to interpret the setting. What helped understand this story was looking at everything going on from the time period that this story took place.