The Hills are Like White Elephants

PERSONAL LETTER:

WRITING GAME WEEK 4

(Sorry, this is late)

Hemmingway did not provide a name for the male character so I will use Tom…

Hills Like White Elephants

Dear Tom,

These past few days have turned me weary. I am pretty sure you have been feeling the same as well. I am so confused about where our adventure has taken a turn. We have been having so much fun and lived carelessly through the days and nights but reality finely cut in. You want me to do what feels right but all I want to do is make you happy. Will our adventure continue after this bump in the road? Will you still love me if I choose to not go through with what you suggest?

When I referred to the hills as white elephants earlier today, I reflected on our relationship and this situation. When something traumatic happens, the world around me seems to symbolize everything about us. How can I go on doing what you want me to do and still be happy? How will you be happy if I choose not to do what you want me to? We lived in one world for such a long time but now seems as though we are in two different planets.

-Jig.

Hemingway in drinking joint shock

A young couple were seen in a local bar in Spain, waiting for an express train to take them to Madrid.  The Los Viajeros bar is a welcome refuge to railway passengers.  Sunday’s temperatures were in the 30's, and the bar was packed with locals and travellers alike, said the station manager.  A local man commented that the weather  was not unusual for the time of year. 

While awaiting the up-train from Barcelona, the couple were drinking beer and anise in the station bar.  The waitress said that the man, apparently an American, and his female companion seemed to be in dispute.  The man, who appeared to be the older of the two, seemed to be pressing the woman to take a particular action. Those present at the scene stated that the hat-wearing young woman was standing up for herself. Backpackers in the bar observed merely that anise is refreshing on a hot day.  Speculation on whether the young woman was pregnant cannot be confirmed.  The writer Ernest Hemingway, famous for his participation in and writings of of the Spanish Civil War is known to be touring Spain with a companion.  His agent was not available for comment.