Hills, just like White Elephants.

In the shorty story of the great Ernest Hemingway, "Hills like White Elephants", one thing that really struck me most was the "hills" that, according to the story, are white elephants. The hill symbolizes the child that Jig is bearing, the child that is definitely a precious gift from the Heavenly Father. But though we know (and they know)that this is something special or further more precious, they don't treat it as one because they know they are not ready for it. They (or the American guy alone) still don't have the courage and the will to raise a child of there own. The guys believes that this unwanted pregnancy is too much to handle at the moment that was why he was forcing the girl to undergo an abortion which is something Jig is very scared to undergo through.