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The Hidden Meaning Of Hills Like White Elephants By Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” has a complicated and emotional ending. To different people the ending could have drastically different meanings, one of such endings is one of sorrow. When reading the story for the first time it can be confusing, but with some guidance most of the hidden meanings become clear. This includes the overall topic of pregnancy or rather abortion. Throughout the story we are given subtle hints as to the argument the two main characters seem to be having, but neither The American nor Jig flat out state the problem. When it comes down to the ending it can be hard to tell what decision Jig ultimately comes to. Using the dialog Hemingway gives us can determine how we interpret the ending. Lines such as
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