Hills Like White Elephants

"On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun." In his story, "Hills Like White Elephants", Ernest Hemingway paints very vivid descriptions of his scenery. He really makes the reader feel like they are there with the characters. On the other hand though, Hemingway never gives any real description of the characters. We have no idea what thier situation involves, and Hemingway never explicitly comes out and says that the girls' operation is to have an abortion. I do not like when author's make it a guessing game to try and figure out what the story means. If I had not been in class, I totally would never have guessed that Hemingway was talking about having an abortion.