Hills like White Elephants

      

      This story was kind of interesting because in class we got to be creative and come up with an ending since it didn't have one. We formed a group and discussed about the story and how to come up with an interesting ending. Overview of the story goes like this, the American and his girlfriend are in Spain inside a train station. She express her opinion on the hills that surrounded the station saying, "the hills look like a white elephant." The American seems like he’s more in control of situations throughout the story than she is. He mentions about an operation. More of like an abortion. Instead of taking responsibility for herself, it seemed like she was more concerned if he will still love her, live with her, and their relationship in general after the operation. They talked about it but neither of them listen or understand the other’s point of view. Besides their communication issues, she seemed really uncertain about the abortion. By the end, he goes to the bar to get a drink and she stays at the table which foreshadows no future relationship between them. Therefore, we never get to tell if she had the abortion or not. Our ending was more of like a life lesson. As a group, we came down to a decision that she gets hit by a bus and dies but doctors save the unborn child. Since the American is the father, he had to raise the baby. Now that all the pressure was on him, he learned the hard way raising a child by himself as a single dad which made him look back and wish he was there for her on the first place.