Hills Like White Elephants, a widely anthologized and much-discussed story, offers a glimpse at spare prose and understated dialogue that represents Hemingway's mastery of style. The story is told entirely through dialogue in a conversation between a young woman and a man waiting for a train in Spain. As they talk, it becomes clear that the young woman is pregnant and that the man wants her to have an abortion. Through their tight, brittle conversation, much is revealed about their personalities. But at the same time, much about their relationship remains hidden. At the end of the story it…
