The setting was very important in "Hills like White Elephants" and contained a lot of symbolism. One of the first comments the girl made was that the hills were "lovely", and "looked like white elephants". The hills symbolized the big obstacle the couple had to overcome in their relationship. Hemingway often mentioned the bead curtain between the couple and the workers in the bar. This was the separation between the couple and the rest of the world. The woman who worked on the bar would enter in once and a while, but always in a fleeting moment and never stayed for long. Later in the story, the girl again mentioned the hills, but this time, described them as mountains. The obstacle she described had became larger and difficult to resolve the difference in their relationship. They also were drinking beer an

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