Journal 10

In the story "Hills Like White Elephants", there are two characters, a man and a woman. They are waiting at a train depot, somewhere where the woman thinks the hills look like white elephants. The woman character in the story seems to be very pessimistic, while the man on the other hand, is just the opposite, and he tries to uplift her and make her feel comfortable about whatever it is that is troubling her. It seems that something is worrying the woman, causing her to act strangely and get easily upset. I really don't understand exactly what is taking place in the story, because the couple are just at the train station drinking beer and waiting on a train. Throughout the story the woman is trying to make a decision about something, and finally at the end of the story she seems to have made her decision. I still haven't realized what the white elephants symbolize, or what the couple are discussing.