Zahiriddin muhammad bobur nomidagi andijon davlat universiteti ingliz tili grammatikasi kafedrasi

[This next paragraph relates to the previous one, but builds on it — there is more to the story] In addition to addressing the surgery itself, the man and the woman circle around their expectations of what will happen if she goes through with it. He tells her, “We’ll be fine afterwards. Just like before.” She responds a short while later: “And if I do it you’ll be happy and things will be like they were, and you’ll love me.” [Analysis of the previous quotations] The couple are obviously experiencing a moment of crisis, in which they have recently lived an adventurous existence together, but are now hampered by this unexpected development. Even their bags, sitting on the train station platform, have “all the labels on them from all the hotels where they had spent nights.” The two clearly live a nomadic, carefree life, and the man is not terribly interested in taking up the responsibility of parenthood. [Both have expectations of how their relationship will be repaired, but there are also questions of who really wants what] The woman asks him, “Doesn’t it mean anything to you? We could get along,” and while the man responds first with “Of course it does,” he hastily follows up with the declaration that “I don’t want anybody but you. I don’t want anyone else,” meaning a child.
Hemingway’s short story sets the reader down in the middle of an ongoing, complicated dialogue between the two main characters. There are other indications that there is more being told, however, which is portrayed in the surrounding background. [Setting often provides ample details to analyze in terms of symbolic relevance] The scene alongside the train station where the couple sits contains “no shade and no trees.” It is dry and barren. Alternately, on the other side of the station, the view is much different. There are “fields of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro. Far away, beyond the river, were mountains. The shadow of a cloud moved across the field of grain, and [the girl] saw the river through the trees.” The land on this side appears lush, alive, and fertile. For Hemingway to have the woman be the lens through which the reader experiences this view perhaps reveals her desire to be fertile or possibly to be in a state of suspended fertility, though not pregnancy itself. [The title of the story is referenced in the story, a clear indicator of significance] Near the opening of the story, the woman comments that the “hills look like white elephants,” which likely refers to the ancient tradition in Thailand of a white elephant being gifted to someone with whom the king was displeased — a rare white elephant would seem to be an honour, however it would be so costly to upkeep so as to ruin the owner financially. The man in Hemingway’s story says, “I’ve never seen one,” to which the woman replies: “No, you wouldn't have.” [Next follows analysis of this symbol] If the white elephant is representative of taking up the responsibility of a child, then the woman is well aware that the man would never intentionally do so.