Title
Letting the Air Into a Relationship: Metaphorical Abortion in "Hills Like White Elephants"
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Draws on biographical evidence and close reading to transcend the debate on whether Jig has the abortion by suggesting that the story’s meaning is illuminated by viewing abortion metaphorically. Wyche argues that the abortion represents not only the termination of the protagonists’ relationship but also the author’s failed first marriage and estrangement from friends.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
22
Issue
1
Date
Fall 2002
Pages
56-71
COinS
Citation
Wyche, David. “Letting the Air Into a Relationship: Metaphorical Abortion in ‘Hills Like White Elephants.’” Hemingway Review 22, no. 1 (Fall 2002): 56-71.