which would later be referred to as White Elephants, by Jig, a character in the Ernest Hemingway short story known as Hills like White Elephants. The reference is a symbolic meaning in relation to her and the operation that was supposed to take place within the story. I believe that relation was in her pregnancy, which was never directly told in the story. Throughout the story, it is supposed to be determined by the reader’s analysis to conclude whether the reference was to a pregnancy in the discussion
couple’s argument, many have overlooked the language of the story. The simplicity of “Hills like White Elephants” allows the reader to hone in on the text and its linguistic artifacts without the interference of an overwhelmingly detailed plot. In this essay, I will analyze the grammatical structure of the short story, draw comparisons between the plot and the language, and examine Hemingway’s stylistic choices. Given the short length of “Hills like White Elephants”, the easiest linguistic element to