Throughout history there have been gender roles that individuals belong to and follow. The use of literature allows the reader to look back in time and see how gender divisions and gender expectations affect different characters. Gender roles can be found in many stories, and stories with the same topic can lead to separate inferences. Traditional gender roles can be found in the story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway. "Hills Like White Elephants" is the short story of a young couple who find themselves in a train station and can't wait to have an abortion. An initial look at the story doesn't reveal much about the conversation and what's happening. The analysis of the work sheds light on the issue of abortion and women. The setting is set in a bar in a train station. On one side of the station there is a lush, green landscape while on the other there is a barren, deserted landscape, with shades of brown and white. They are sitting at the bar drinking and secretly discussing the decision the American insists on. The setting begins with "there was no shade or trees", this reflects the fact that there is nowhere to hide from the topic of abortion. It was all there for the sun to see. It is set in a hot and uncomfortable place which is the position the young girl finds herself in. He sees a "passing cloud that darkens the white hills with darkness is a subtle omen of doom for Jig's pregnancy" (Abdoo 238). There are two contrasting landscapes that the girl sees: one is fruitless and windy and the other has trees and is lively. This represents her options: keep the baby, she can have a fulfilling life, or have an abortion and be left barren and barren. The setting reinforces the idea that there is a divide between the couple and whether they should have “Hills Like White Elephants” is told in a vague way that keeps the reader at bay. Hemingway's ingenious use of symbolism helps the reader understand the story. One of the most widespread uses of symbolism is the term white elephant, which represents “an unwanted gift, a seemingly remote but immense problem,” which the couple is forced to deal with (Kozikowski 107). The white elephant denotes the unwanted unborn child who is resented by the father, although the mother is curious to see beyond. The use of the railway symbolizes the division in the relationship. The young couple goes in different directions, but neither listens to each other. The girl is forced by the man to choose a side of the tracks, but at the train station she is in a position where her choice is visible. His actions are haughty and she is subservient to him. Items such as alcohol and bamboo care carefully chosen by the author. Absinthe, already mentioned, is a symbol of sensuality and a narcotic. The bamboo curtains denote the hollowness and let the air in; consequently in the same way that the American defines the operation as “letting the air in” (215). Color plays a vital function in understanding that the couple is at parallel ends like train tracks. The “black of the liquorice and the whiteness of the hills contrast between pain and joy”; also, the way the couple seems divided and