Hills like White Elephants

The story "Hills like White Elephants," was very odd but relates to today's society. It started with them drinking beer at a train station while waiting on the train to arrive. The guy was talking to the girl about getting an abortion. The girl knew if she didn’t get an abortion that he would most likely leave her. That relates to today’s society because a lot of girls go and get abortion because they know the man won’t take care of the baby and walk out of their lives. I think that the man really wanted the baby but he knew with them traveling the baby wouldn’t get brought up right. There is a lot of things that could have happened but we will never know. It was a really good story but a little weird because I didn’t know what the operation was at first until I looked it up. Also I’m not sure is the man a mistress or is it her boyfriend? Maybe he is a mistress and that is why he wanted her to get an abortion.

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper was an interesting story. It kept me interested the whole time, unlike the other ones. The ending I didn't understand because she locked herself in the room and rips the wallpaper off the wall to allow that girl that she saw free. Well did she die or her husband? I think she related herself to the girl that she saw in the wallpaper because she felt trapped in her home. Everyone waited on her hand and foot because they said she was crazy. That's why she was crawling around the room when she let "the woman out." Her husband always treated her like a child. It was just interested seeing how they were then and how people are now. They treated people so different back then, for example, if something weird was going on with a person you were crazy. Well now they diagnose you with stuff instead of just flat out saying that your crazy. One thing I didn't like about the story is the way her husband treated her. He talked to her horribly and he was all about other women. It was wrong because no matter how bad your wife is you shouldn't treat her with disrespect.