English 102 9-19-00 Mountains Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills like White Elephants” (reprinted in Thomas R. Arp, Perrines Literature, Sound, and Sense, 7th ed. [1972] 170) uses setting to create a brilliant story. The story takes place at a train station, where the couple is waiting for the train and discussing what is going over some drinks. It is thought that they are discussing whether or not the women should have an abortion. They are at a table …showed first 75 words of 422 total…

…showed last 75 words of 422 total…the other tracks, and comes back through those darn beaded curtains. When asked do you feel better, the women replies I feel fine, and so it is never told is she went through with it. I feel that she was going to forget about the man and have the baby on her own. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills like White Elephants” (reprinted in Thomas R. Arp, Perrines Literature, Sound, and Sense, 7th ed. [1972] 170) us