In "Hills Like White Elephants" there is a commonplace opinion that the implied meaning of the two characters' discussion is about whether the girl should go through with getting an abortion (Link 4). Through this understanding many people assume that every other symbol in the story relates to the abortion without going further into detail about what other meanings the story may have (Hashmi 72). ... The couple talk only about the abortion, drinking, and static things around them such as the hills which the girl sees and compares to white elephants. ...

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