Reading the story for the first time is confusing. Hemingway’s style as a minimalist writer does not give enough information to readers. Readers like me, have to pay attention and make sense of what is going on in the story. Having to examine and grasp the meaning of what is being said as the story unfolds challenges readers to be part of the story. Defining the subject of the conversation between the American and Jig is challenging if a reader has no knowledge about the procedure of abortion during that era, 1920s. “ ‘It’s really not anything. It’s just to let the air in.’ ” (Charters 476). The introduction of air into uterus through a catheter induces abortion or miscarriage. The imagery of the landscape used around the station is the possible
