The Hills like White Elephant

The story “The hills like white elephant” was very different from every other story that I have ever read. It did not give many details and it made it a little hard to understand. In fact I think that Ernest Hemingway did it on purpose to make us interpret the story in our own ways. I really liked the story because not every story deals with topics like abortion. It is very original and in my opinion it makes us think about that situation and what would we do if we were the characters. Since the author gives us so few details and does not tell us if the girl went on with the abortion it makes you analyze a lot more than if the author would have just gave the details in the story. I think that the girl after went through with the abortion. I think she was thinking of having the baby instead of having an abortion but in the end the American guy’s influence was too heavy for her too think otherwise. Nevertheless, after she went through I think that she realized the mistake she had made and also noticed that the American guy was a very bad influence and she left him. This situation made the girl matured a lot and became a more responsible person. She was very ashamed of what she had done but in the end she went on with her life and lived a mature and responsible life. To conclude, I must say that I really liked this story even though at first I did not understand it very much but after discussing it and giving a lot of thought I really liked the story and I also liked that I could be the one that imagined all the details instead of the author just giving them to the reader.