“Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway tells the story of a man and a woman, who at first glance might seem to be having a normal and rather boring at a train station, but it's only when you look more closely at what is actually said by the characters and find the little clues that Hemingway cleverly inserted into the story, that you realize how heavy the conversation actually is. Unlike many authors, Hemingway leaves it up to the reader to delve into the story and decipher the situation on their own, and a seemingly simple story can become something much more. The woman in the story is contemplating whether to stay true to the life she knows or start a completely new chapter in her life that could change her relationship with the man forever. Sometimes true intentions are not always clear. The story begins in a bar in a train station in Spain. A man and a woman order drinks and begin a conversation. While there is no description or narrative as to what the conversation is actually about, through subtle hints in the story we can infer that the conversation being discussed is about an abortion, whether to perform it or not. The first important clue is in the title of the story itself. A white elephant is defined as a useless or troublesome asset, something that is expensive to maintain and/or difficult to dispose of. One can certainly assume that the term “white elephant” in the title serves as an analogy to the child carried by the woman. Hemingway drops a second hint when the conversion takes a sudden turn, from the couple chatting over beer, to the man bringing up what appeared to be the casual topic of an operation: "It's a terribly simple operation, J.. ... half of the card ... the conflict is resolved in a way that is clearly positive for the protagonist, or clearly negative In this case, you have to consider the possibility that Jig's feelings may not have been right she's right and their lives will go back to the way they were. She may have forgotten her feelings and gone back to enjoying life like she heard others say after having an abortion. Or she may have felt empty and unfulfilled for the rest of her life." final” is in question. Abortion today is no longer what it might have been in the 1920s. Today, there is intense discussion about whether it is morally right or wrong and is even an important political topic. Hemingway may have used one of the characters to express his true thoughts on the abortion issue. It is not clear what his true beliefs are on the topic of abortion, where, or even