What is the meaning beneath the surface in Hills Like White Elephants
Hemingway was a minimalist writer, who deliberately situated the substance in his stories beneath the surface, and it was for this reason that he was often compared to an iceberg. “Hills Like White Elephants” is no exception to this particular writing technique either. ... The girl compares the white hills “across the valley of the Ebro” to white elephants. The white may symbolize the innocence of the unborn baby, and generally white elephants describe something that is unwanted, impractical, or redundant; which pretty much describes the status of the unborn child.