Journal 11

I'm pretty sure that Hemingway has got me in such a state of confusion. The main characters of this short story are the American and what i am guessing is his girlfriend or wife. I think this because he is constantly telling her that he loves her. These two people are going to Madrid for a reason that i know not. I get the impression that it is something that the girl is confused about and is not sure if she wants to go through with. I'll be honest David told me in class that this story was about abortion but i do not see that at all after reading this. The atmosphere to me is if they were in the middle of a desert. The hills all around them suggest that they are somewhere in the middle of nowhere. When i was picturing this story in my head, i was picturing this old school railway in the middle of nowhere with a fat ugly bartender serving them drinks that will make them forget where it is that they are going. The one part of this that i am curious about is the fact that the American says that he will be happy with what she does. He tells he this over and over. I am just really confused by this story. I've read it three times now and i am still just bewildered. I cannot pull any sort of meaning out of this. I feel like the hills looking like elephants has some deeper meaning but i have no idea what.