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Monday, January 26, 2009

Hills Like White Elephants

I'm going to be honest, this story totally confused me.  I read it like three times last night and still had no clue what was going on so I decided to think about it and come back to it this morning.  This first time I read it I passed over the whole point of the story which is based on an operation.  I then realized that the story is about a couple waiting at a train station in a foreign country.  The man speaks the same language as the woman he is with and also the waitress waiting on them.  They are in a deep discussion about what will make each other happy and make their relationship go back to how it is.  I'm pretty sure the operation they are discussing is an abortion, but I'm not 100% sure.  They say it is something that a lot of people they know have had and that it's very simple.  The woman is only concerned about making the man happy and making sure that he will love her after she has the operation.  On the other hand the man only wants the woman to be happy.  The woman seems like she is putting her feelings on the back burner in order to please the man she is with even though she comes off that she really does not want to have to operation because once she does it will be gone forever and they'll never be able to get it back, which is why I think the operation they are discussing is an abortion.  While waiting at the train station the weather seems to be a little gloomy and they try to seclude themselves from the other passengers who are also drinking beer waiting for the train to arrive.  The last part of the story the man asked the woman "do you feel better" and the woman responded by saying "I feel fine, there is nothing wrong with me."  Obviously there is nothing wrong with her because pregnancy is perfectly normal, but for this couple it is not since they do not want to have a baby. 

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