hills like white elephants are the characters discussing abortion.
hills like white elephants are the characters discussing abortion.
hills like white elephants what kind of operation are the characters discussing?
abortion
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"hills like white elephants" is a short story by ernest hemingway. it was first published in august 1927, in the literary magazine "transition", then later in the 1927 short story collection "men without women".









































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the story focuses on a conversation between an american man and a young woman, described as a "girl," at a spanish train station while waiting for a train to madrid. the girl compares the nearby hills to white elephants. the pair indirectly discuss an "operation" that the man wants the girl to have, which is implied to be an abortion.









































section::::analysis.
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section::::dialogue.









































"they look like white elephants," she said. 









































"i've never seen one," the man drank his beer.









































"no, you wouldn't have."









































"i might have," the man said. "just because you say i wouldn't have doesn't prove anything."









































the girl looked at the bead curtain. "they've painted something on it," she said. "what does it say?"









































"anis del toro. it's a drink."









































"can we try it?"
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