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The young man aggressively talks in his [[liberal style]] in attempting to persuade, even coerce, the young woman to have an abortion. Fed up with his never-ending [[liberal claptrap]], the young woman finally responds: | The young man aggressively talks in his [[liberal style]] in attempting to persuade, even coerce, the young woman to have an abortion. Fed up with his never-ending [[liberal claptrap]], the young woman finally responds: | ||
{{cquote|Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?<ref>https://faculty.weber.edu/jyoung/English%202500/Readings%20for%20English%202500/Hills%20Like%20White%20Elephants.pdf</ref>}} | {{cquote|Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?<ref>https://faculty.weber.edu/jyoung/English%202500/Readings%20for%20English%202500/Hills%20Like%20White%20Elephants.pdf</ref>}} | ||
| + | The young woman apparently chooses [[pro-life]] rather than [[abortion]]. | ||
Only 1,455 words long, this short story can be read in merely 10 minutes. | Only 1,455 words long, this short story can be read in merely 10 minutes. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 09:22, January 25, 2023
Hills Like White Elephants (1927) is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, now in the public domain, which is a conversation between a young man and a young woman about abortion without ever using that word.
The young man aggressively talks in his liberal style in attempting to persuade, even coerce, the young woman to have an abortion. Fed up with his never-ending liberal claptrap, the young woman finally responds:
| “ | Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?[1] | ” |
The young woman apparently chooses pro-life rather than abortion. Only 1,455 words long, this short story can be read in merely 10 minutes.