Someone said that the short story Hills Like White Elephants the most terrible article that Hemingway has even written.Cause observers pointed out that this work was not only a simple love story but a short story which showed a relation of moralism to some extent.
The story simply begins with a description of the scenery,leads us back to a hot summer,in a Hispanic small railway station.A couple were there waiting for their train from Barcelona.Everything seemed to get on well,but the underlying conflict was going to happen.The word "abortion" never appears in the story,but the feeling of lost and confusion between the lines let uw know how hard for the girl to choose whether to born the baby or not.The situation the young couple faced was more than to decide whether to have the operation but to show their value of life.
Hemingway used a vague idea to tell us the story.Not given a clear ending,we were showed with lots of images.But we do fell the power of the words,they tell us the value of life.