Hills Like White Elephants Criticism

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Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” is a short story about a couple having drinks while waiting for the train. This narrative is written as if the reader is overhearing a conversation the two people are having. Although this narrative is concise in the way it is presented, it gives the reader a very affective glimpse at a prominent issue. There are some thoughts that cannot be expressed in any other way but through literature. Modern and postmodern writers are known for creating those moments of awareness that change the understanding of a piece. As a result of studying this story, I had an epiphany, leading to a better understanding of the narrative. My first reading of Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” left me a little …show more content…
This is a review of Hemingway’s narrative. The point Wyche is trying to make is that the abortion in the story is a metaphor for the fate of the couple and is also an allegory for Hemingway’s own relationships. Hemingway is trying to imply that whether Jig gets an abortion or not, it is the end of the couple's relationship (Wyche). After reading this article, I believe it is trying to suggest that Hemingway's estrangement from people and the ending of his first marriage had some major influence on “Hills Like White Elephants”. Critics point out that it is ironic that they couple are traveling to Madrid, which sounds like the Spanish word for mother, madre. Thomas Maher Gilligan also argues that the man moving the bags from one side of the station to the other could mean that "the couple reconsiders, decides to go to Barcelona instead, and also decides to allow the pregnancy to continue (Wyche)." He also implies that the shadow of the cloud emphasizes Jig's awareness of "how little communication exists between herself and her companion (Wyche)." Showing that their relationship is at a

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