In "Hills Like White Elephants," the reader finds themselves eavesdropping in on a younger man and woman communicating at a train station in Zaragosa, Spain. ... The thought of being responsibility-free appeals to The American, as he will do or say almost anything to convince the girl to get the operation. ... As time progresses throughout the story and the couple's verbal "tug-of-war," the reader witnesses the irrevocable deterioration of the relationship, giving them uncertainty of whether or not it will last in the end. ... All of these distinctive examples of symbo...

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