Journal 10

Once I finished reading, my initial response was 'mmm, WHAT?' After going back, and looking at the text, everything (slowly) beings to make (some) sense. The main characters are the girl, and the American man and they are sitting at a train station waiting for their train to arrive, having a drink, and discussing, I think, their reason for heading to Madrid. The setting is very simple, as described by both the girl and man. In the area, the girl notices mountains that she claims look like white elephants. In the dialogue, the conversation about an operation is exchanged between the man and the girl. According to the man, the operation is painless, from what he's heard, and will make them happy. This could, maybe?, be symbolism for the American state of mind as percieved by other countries, how having an operation, to change an appearance could make everything better, and the man love the girl.