Are there any similarities between the protagonists of "Hills Like White Elephants" and "Cathedral"? I was thinking about something along the lines...

These are two excellent
short stories, though arguably there are different and perhaps more pertinent ways to compare
them. Examining the protagonists through the theme of choice seems to highlight differences
rather than similarities. In " ," for example, it becomes clearer and clearer that Jig
is not really given a choice by her partner. The way that he keeps on refering to the abortion,
bringing it up again and again, even after she asks him to stop it, indicates very clearly that
he wants her to have an abortion and that he will leave her if she does not. Note...