we expect the taste of absinthe to be something incredible, it ends up tasting only like licorice. Likewise, just as the man assumes everything will be fine and normal after the operation, the girl hints that the outcome is not always as pleasant as we expect it to be.2. What are their emotions? I guess the man could be a bit more nave than the girl…but then again, maybe not…because he already knows it's over and makes no pretenses about it. The reason that he doesn't seem like he is too involved is because he has no illusions...kind of like the lost generation. The girl seemed incredibly eager to please. Every question she asked was related to whether the consequence of what she did or was going to do would please her lover…it seemed that she longed for things to be like they were before-however they were before-although she knew that things would never be the same. He talks of the world being theirs; she claims that the world isn't theirs anymore. I honestly believe that she was going to have the abortion for his sake. Both of them are lonely and tired, though.3. How does Hemingway convey these feelings? (Evidence…) I kind of feel alienated from the characters…like, I can’t really “get into” them and relax…even when you have conversation, which usually relaxes you, you can’t relax b/c it’s so fast paced, back-and-forth, back-and-forth… And then whenever there is going to be a confrontation between the two characters, it doesn’t occur, and you’re left feeling kinda unfulfilled. At the beginning you learn that these two are somewhat at odds. The girl points out that the hills look like white elephants, which is already a lonely thought, but the guy coldly responds that he wouldn't know. Her response "no, you wouldn't have" is returned with the snap, "just because you say I wouldn't have doesn't prove anything". The wo...
