Elephants standing on a Hill <Tab/> Ernest Hemingway's fictional story, Hills Like White Elephants, carries a strong underlying meaning between the two characters, the conflicting views on what to do with their problem, which is an unexpected pregnancy and the thoughts of an abortion. In this story a man and a women are drinking beer and discussing a problem in their relationship. At a first glance of this story, many readers …showed first 75 words of 2287 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2287 total…gender roles displayed in this story are what make it so unique and such a deep read. They also help to carry the plot throughout the story. The hills being compared to white elephants symbolize the ongoing problem on both sides. If she has an abortion she will never forget it and it will become a "white elephant" and if she has a child it will never go away and could become a "white elephant".