The Relationship Between Relationships In Hills Like White Elephants

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Relationships have tend to be compared to the word perfect most of the time but in Hills Like White Elephants, the word perfect is not the word to describe the couple’s relationship in the story. The story is written by Ernest Hemingway, who right before writing this short story was having relationship problems which involved divorce because of his affairs. It seems that he has a lot to saying and can relate to this short story. The author seems to relate to the male in the story. This short shorty is based on a couple who are sitting in at a table at a train station waiting for a train to Madrid, Spain. They seem to have a topic opened up at the table that seems to not be cleared up right away because one feels different than the other. In a relationship, the couple should agree in a topic that is really serious and even though the other feels different there should be a meeting point or both of them or they should both get help in making the decision. Reading this story might seem confusing because the author is very minimalist. …show more content…

The couple should get a second opinion about things and not rush through a decision this important. The couple should feel the same way in a topic like abortion. And if one feels a different way, they should be heard and they should not keep their feelings to themselves. Because it is something you might or might not regret for the rest of your life. The author did very well in demonstrating emotions and each sides of the situation but it shouldn’t be that way. Females should not make decisions like that if they are not ready for it, especially if they feel like it’s the wrong thing to do. Males should not feel the need to pressure females in make that decision. The word relationship means the union of two humans that share a bond. The word union symbolizes that everything that a relationship does, should be done together not as a

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