Hills Like White Elephants Conflict

"Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, opens with a long description of the story's setting in a train station surrounded by hills, fields, and trees in a valley in Spain. A man known simply as the American and his girlfriend sit at a table outside the station, waiting for a train to Madrid. As they are waiting for their train to come, they are drinking beer arguing about some "operation" that the American man wants to get. Although they don't specify exactly what the operation means the readers tend to come to a conclusion that "operation" means getting an abortion. In this short story, the American is trying to convince the girl to get an abortion because he doesn't want the baby. The author uses character, conflict, and point of view to support the theme of Talking vs. Communicating The main character in this short story is the American, throughout the story the author gives the
The external conflict, of course, is when the girl and the American are arguing as to whether the girl should get the operation or not. But what keeps the plot moving forward is that the American is struggling whether or not to allow his girlfriend to get an abortion by telling her "you really don't have to if you don't want too" but actually, he really wants the girl to get an abortion. He tries to use the technique of reverse psychology to get what he wants but as the same time gets frustrated wanting to know her decision. We can see in the story that the girl "jig" wants to keep the baby but at the same time wants to be devoted to her boyfriend. The argument ends when the girl begs the American to "please, please, please, please, please, please" stop talking. Even though their conflict is not entirely resolved at the end of the story, the author hints that they go their separate ways by emphasizing that they are sitting separately while waiting for their