Which excerpt from "Hills Like White Elephants" provides the most details about the main characters' lives outside the railway station? Click here to read an excerpt
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O"might have," the man said. "Just because you say I wouldn't have doesn't prove anything."
"That's the only thing that bothers us. It's the only thing that's made us unhappy.
"The shadow of a cloud moved across the field of grain and she saw the river through the trees."
"He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station. There were labels on them from all the hotels where
they had spent nights."

The excerpt that provides the most details about the main characters' lives outside the railway station is:

D. "He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station. There were labels on them from all the hotels where  they had spent nights."

Explanation:

"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway is a short story revolving around the conflict between the two main characters. They are a couple - apparently, unmarried -, and she is pregnant. However, their lifestyle will be greatly affected if she has the child. They live an easy life, comprised mainly of traveling and drinking, as the excerpt reveals:

"He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station. There were labels on them from all the hotels where  they had spent nights."

The passage above reveals they travel a lot in each other's company. We do not know much about their lives besides that revelation - what their professions are, why they have the means to travel so much, etc.

She is tired of such a life. She sees it as meaningless, pointless. He, on the other hand, does not want to be disturbed or concerned by the existence of a child. He defends the idea that they are happy the way they are, and that nothing should change.

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.