1. Why is the man in this story not given a name except for the American? 2. What is the significance of the hills resembling white elephants? 3. What lines specifically prove that he is trying to coerce Jig? 4. Which lines are very disturbing to the reader and seen as condescending? 5. What proves that the girl Jig is naive and needy? 6. What is not being discussed -what is the "elephant in the room?" 7. Why does the reader know that their relationship will never be the same? 8. What makes the dialogue so powerful ? 9. Is anything done to a woman's body that is "perfectly simple?" 10. Look up Hemingway's life details and see if there is anything that would cause him to write so negatively about an American man? or American values or lack of