Hi, Assalamualaikum!

I’m 2190119 Ani Rafhanah and i will present the analysis of a short story
named Hills like a white elephant. The story started in the early 1920s, an American man and a
girl are waiting at a Spanish railway station for the express train that will take them to Madrid.
They drink beer as well as two licorice-tasting anis drinks, and finally more beer, sitting in the hot
shade and discussing what the American man says will be "a simple operation" for the girl.

The tension between the two is almost as sizzling as the heat of the Spanish sun. The man, while
urging the girl to have the operation, says again and again that he really doesn't want her to do
it if she really doesn't want to. However, he clearly is insisting that she do so. The girl is trying to
be brave and nonchalant but is clearly frightened of committing herself to having the operation.
She tosses out a conversational, fanciful figure of speech — noting that the hills beyond the train
station "look like white elephants" — hoping that the figure of speech will please the man, but he
resents her ploy. He insists on talking even more about the operation and the fact that, according
to what he's heard, it's "natural" and "not really an operation at all."

Finally, the express train arrives and the two prepare to board. The girl tells the man that she's
"fine." She's lying, acquiescing to what he wants, hoping to quiet him. Nothing has been solved.
The tension remains, coiled and tight, as they prepare to leave for Madrid. The girl is hurt by the
man's fraudulent, patronizing empathy, and she is also deeply apprehensive about the operation
that she will undergo in Madrid.

The first analysis made are using Ishikawa’s fishbone analytical tools. Started with the main
problem which is Jig. In the story, the persona portrayed as a girl who get pregnant when with
one American guy. The problem detected is they’ve done unprotected sex which makes the girl
pregnant outside of marriage. Next, she also follows bad influences which is smoking and
drinking like the American does although she noticed of her pregnancy. Last but not least, she
might have done underage sex due to influence of lust. The sudden pregnancy shows that the girl
and the American both shocked as they might be forgot to take safety ways of doing sex.

I’ll pass this presentation to my friend, Helmi.