Response to "Hills Like White Elephants"

I am suprised that this story was written by a man in the time era in which the story was written. It is suprising to me because, the throughts and presumptions this story circulates around, is mostly a woman's. During Hemingway's life time, it was a very common societal practice for women to marry for money and support. At the time, women did not have the opportunities available to them that they now have and, therefore, pursaded that they needed a man to maintain any sort of lifestyle. Due to this, I could imagine, that many women would just "settle" and instantly agree with their husbands on their opinions and ways of life; they would put their feelings aside. For example, in this story, the woman disregards her feelings about the pregnacy in order to keep the man happy. The actions are purely the result of fear that their husbands may not be pleased at any given time within the marriage and leave them.

If this story were written by a woman in this time, I think it would be a little different. If it where written by a woman, the story would be more in depth and in tune with the feelings and emotionals of the woman. In the story, Hemingway does touch on feelings of the woman, but his writings are open to interpretation. From a woman writer's point of view, the feelings would be more expressed and elaborated on throughout the story. The female writer may have more to say about marriage and women's desire (back then) to "keep the peace" in the relationship.