Hills_Like_White_Elephants

Hills Like White Elephants Every short story has a unifying point or basic message that the author is trying to indirectly convey to the reader. The theme can be paraphrased by the author or shown through statements made by a character. As I read over Ernest Hemingway’s short story, Hills Like White Elephants, there is one powerful theme that clearly stands out. In past and present society, the man in a relationship is dominant in relation to a woman. A man is typically seen as strong and decisive. One who works hard during the day to support his family and expects to return home in the evening to a warm dinner. In today’s 21st century women are beginning to become more independent and educated which seems to have made the roles of the man and woman more equal, but during Hills Like White Elephants I feel the men were the dominant member of the relationship. The American and the girl in the story seem to be in love because they both are trying to determine the fate of the baby the girl is pregnant with. The American pushes her to get an abortion by making it seem simple hills, white, elephants, elephant, story, love, man, baby, woman, female, because, american, women, seen, operation, girl, dominant, two, society, during, abortion, yet, waitress, trying, says, relationship, one, men, made, felt, feel, drink, doesn’t, confused, believe, author