Hemingway writes: “Across on the other side, were fields of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro. Far away, beyond the river, were mountains.” (318). The lands could also represent the current relationship between the girl and the American. The dry and desolate side of the valley represents the American’s selfish and deceitful view on their relationship. He is shallow and completely dead like the nearby desert and shows no real emotion as he is cold hearted in regards to the girl and on the decision to have the baby or not. She on the other hand wants the relationship and wants to view it with hope, love, and true emotion.

Along with the fertile river valley, there is also the

takes in the meaning of each of the opposite landscapes. The both dry and fertile sides of the Ebro represent how her love with the American could either vanish and dry up to nothing, or it could prosper and grow like the fields of grain and trees on the fertile side. She is longing for happiness and love from the American and can only hope that their love will become prosperous like that of the fertile land she sees before her. The river symbolizes the divider between either true love and a family with the American or separation and death.

Reality sets in when she sees the river through the trees. It is a turning point in the story where she begins to feel like she is right and not afraid of the American’s persuasive thoughts anymore. She now has the courage to speak up and to tell him how it will be and turn out if they go through with the abortion. Her anger begins to surface as she holds the images of the symbols of the land in her mind.

The major interpretation for the symbol of the field of grain is the unborn child that the girl carries in her womb. When she stares at the green and

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White Elephants”, American Closing, fields grain, Ernest Hemingway’s, river valley, love american, fields grain trees, fertile river valley, chance live, family american, hope love, ebro river, love family, field grain, fertile river,