"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
“Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway is about a man and a woman's discussion regarding abortion. In this story the husband wants his wife "Jig” to have an abortion and she isn't too keen on the idea. Even though it's clear that she doesn't really want to abort her unborn child, she agrees to do so if that's what the husband wants. This upset me to read because I fully believe that when it comes to serious decisions, like in this case abortion, a full discussion should take place. Especially considering the time period was the 1920s and a lot was still a grey area when it came to abortions and reproductive health. One thing that surprised me was that the husband tried to initiate a discussion about it beforehand. In the 1920s women rarely had a say on what went on in their marriages let alone with her body, because she would be considered property under the law. So for the man to try and talk it out with her shows that he was...