‘They look like white elephants,’ she said
A playful line. The girl offers up a side of childlike imagination, describing the rolling white hills in front as if they looked like white elephants.
This show sot us readers new insight into the character of the girl: that she is imaginative, creative, and is actively thinking. Perhaps she is not simply a follower to the American.
THE HILLS ACROSS THE VALLEY OF THE Ebro were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees
If the Hills symbolise the kid, the pregnant tummy or the elephant in the room, then the shadeless landscape infront of them could be a symbolic illustration of a conflictless way of life, avoid of hindrance.
white elephants,
White symbolizes innocence and pureness, which is often connected with children. The white elephants could therefore symbolize the baby.
On this side there was no shade and no trees
Could be a symbolic illustration of the girl becoming "barren" post abortion, just like the land is barren.
bead
a small object often used as part of a piece of jewelry. This could for instance be a string of perles.
junction
a place where two or more roads or railway lines meet