Hills Like White Elephants

Hills Like White Elephants
by Ernest Hemingway

"Do you feel better?" he asked.
"I feel fine," she said. "There's nothing wrong with me." (Hemingway 555)

This type of ending to a story leaves you to wonder what is actually going to happen with the characters lives. What I think the couple wants to get rid of is a baby, an abortion. Throughout the story the man questions the girl and wonders whether or not she really wants to have an abortion. The girl, feeling guilty for being pregnant, agrees that she doesn't care about herself and wants to get the abortion so the man will love her. Then, after reading the last two lines, it seems as though she has decided that she will not get the abortion afterall. By the girl saying, "There's nothing wrong with me." (Hemingway 555), the girl seems content with the fact that she is pregnant, maybe even content enough to have the baby. I think at the end of the story the girl has made the decision to keep the baby.