Perspectives on Unplanned Pregnancies: Hills Like White Elephants, and Good People

In Hemingway's "Like White Mountain" and Wallace's "Good Man", two young women, Jig and Sheri, have experienced unexpected pregnancy and need to decide whether abortion is the right choice. The previous story used dialogue to depict the relationship between adventure of the 1920s and an easy-going couple, but the latter used a third person limited view to show a faithful young couple where religion is their moral source used. Because religion and love are factors of Shelley's final decision, therefore, Wallace will delve deeper into it.

One of the theme of the story is dealing with difficulties or dealing with unwanted pregnancies. We saw the couple discussing the correct behavior to deal with accidents and unwanted pregnancies with "a white elephant hill". This argument made men against women. So we have a conflict between men and women. The essence of a couple's claim is to increase the subjective thought about the difficulty of solving time (you can not go back), and the sustainability of memories (can not forget things deliberately). Recover the relaxed, loving relationship they once had

What is the theme of a short story "Mountains like white elephants"? Please tell me all the topics.

Hills like White Elephants show the difference in how men and women see pregnancy and abortion. Women regard pregnancy as a beautiful aspect of life. In the story, female pregnancy is implied by conversation. She called a nearby hill an elephant; "They look like white elephants" (464). She is pregnant comparing the hill to her situation. "They are nice hills, they do not look like white elephants, I just want to dye the skin from the tree" (465). As the hill has a unique beauty for her, she sees pregnancies in the same way that gives the skin a hill - once a flat bulge of mound. Men think pregnancy is the opposite. When the girl talked about the white elephant and agreed that the man had never seen it, his answer was "because you said I did not prove anything to me" (464)

In "Mountains like white elephants", Jig explains the hills far away like a white elephant. This explanation indicates to jig that her pregnancy is valuable and burdensome. To understand the situation of the fixture, it is important to note that the white elephant is sacred and symbolizes the justice of the Southeast Asian monarchy. On the other hand, these elephants are expensive to maintain or maintain health. Because they can take care of the expensive needs of elephants, white elephants are often given to members of the royal families. But for ordinary people it means that being given a white elephant must bear a burden should be considered a valuable gift.