Both women in the stories are running away from something or someone. For example, the woman in “The Story of an Hour” is wanting to be free from her husband and is wanting to live her own life. She feels as if she is trapped and a prisoner in her own home and around her husband. In the story, “Hills Like White Elephants” the young girl is pregnant and the American man is making her feel as if they will be so happy without the baby. She begins believing what he is saying and second guessing on if she should actually have the baby or not. He feels as if he will be free without the baby and she is starting to think the same way, however, in the end of the story it doesn’t say which path that she
Both women in the stories are running away from something or someone. For example, the woman in “The Story of an Hour” is wanting to be free from her husband and is wanting to live her own life. She feels as if she is trapped and a prisoner in her own home and around her husband. In the story, “Hills Like White Elephants” the young girl is pregnant and the American man is making her feel as if they will be so happy without the baby. She begins believing what he is saying and second guessing on if she should actually have the baby or not. He feels as if he will be free without the baby and she is starting to think the same way, however, in the end of the story it doesn’t say which path that she