illustration of train tracks with low hills in the background and one of the hills has the outline of an elephant within it

Hills Like White Elephants

by Ernest Hemingway

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Hills Like White Elephants

The main conflict in "Hills Like White Elephants" is the couple's disagreement over whether the woman should have an abortion. The story focuses on their indirect and tense conversation at a train...

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Hills Like White Elephants

The film of "Hills Like White Elephants" by Joan Dideon and John Gregory Dunn was not a great success. It is more likely to confuse viewers about the meaning of the story than it is to enlighten them.

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