Hills Like White Elephants

This story deals with an issue that many people still deal with today: abortion. The couple in this story are trying to decide if they want to have an abortion or not. The man says "It is perfectly simple" and "We'll be fine afterward,just like we were before." The man tries to convince her it is a good idea. The girl does not seem so sure. When she says the hills all look like white elephants she is referring to her unborn child. The white symbolizes the innocence and purity of her unborn child. They talk of the heat, and the train and it only goes two ways. This seems to mean the pressure their under and that theirs no going back now. She then turns to the other side of the station and it's bare landscape. This seems to symbolize her body after the abortion sterile and barren. The story then ends with them about to catch the train. Hemingway lets the reader decided what they think will be next. You decide if they get an abortion or not. What would you do?