... . In focusing on this issue, Hemingway expressed a powerful feminist theme. The story takes place at a train station in Ebro River Valley in Spain "a symbol of the word embryo." At the beginning, the reader is introduced to the barren landscape around the train station across the valley, where the couple is sitting at a table. They are waiting for the train to Madrid to come. It is very hot, so they ... order a drink. Already through this mere act, we can see how dominant the man is and how submissive the ... stops female oppression. When he does not want to stop talking about the subje...

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