Assignment (250-300 words): What type of narrator does the story have? What is your impression of the narrative voice? What is it like? Is it possible to determine the narrator's attitude toward the characters? Does he take a stance on the moral implications of abortion? What effect does Hemingway create through his use of the third-person point of view? Why do you think Hemingway decided to employ a third-person narrator rather than to use a character's point of view?