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The American
The American is one of two characters in Hemingway’s story. He sits at a table with a girl at a train station in Spain. Through his conversation, it becomes clear that the girl with him is his lover. Throughout the story, the American tries to convince the girl that she should have an abortion. He tries to make himself sound perfectly reasonable and rational, but as the dialogue continues, it becomes clear that he is both selfish and hypocritical. He says, ‘‘You’ve got to realize . . . that I don’t want you to do it if you don't want to....
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- Hills Like White Elephants: Ernest Hemingway Biography
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Hills Like White Elephants: Essays and Criticism
- Hemingway’s Use of Dialogue in ‘‘Hills Like White Elephants’’
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- The Hemingway Heroine: Study in Female Characterization in “Hills Like White Elephants”
- Isolation and Estrangement in “Hills Like White Elephants”
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- Leitmotif and Irony in Hemingway’s ‘‘Hills Like White Elephants’’
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