41) “It’s really an awfully simple operation‚ Jig” the man said. “It’s not really an operation at all. This explains why their conversation they were having earlier been awkward. The seemingly petty conversation here about hills and drinks and an unspecified operation is in actuality an unarticulated but decisive struggle over whether they continue to live the sterile‚ self-indulgent‚ decadent life preferred by the man or elect to have the child that Jig is carrying and settle down to a conventional
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about whether the woman should have an abortion. The story’s about a girl named Jig and her older American lover‚ sitting at a train station sipping drinks and discussing whether they should proceed to abort their unborn baby. Jig opposes the plan‚ although she refuses to say so openly. Her lover‚ on the other hand‚ sees it as a solution to their problems‚ and tries to convince Jig that it is the right thing to do Jig is torn between having an abortion and that her American boyfriend does not want
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A Trilogy of Choices Ernest Hemingway’s‚ story “Hills Like White Elephants‚” Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles‚” and Adrienne Rich’s poem “Living in Sin” are three different types of literature which deal with the relationship between a man and a woman. Although the circumstances and the people are very dissimilar from each other‚ they are alike in that each depicts the story of common everyday people through whom they convey their shared themes. Each of these writers is challenging socially defined
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have an abortion procedure. The goal of the young woman is to do whatever it takes to make her partner happy and thus preserve their relationship. The three main symbols are the hills‚ the white elephants and the rail road station. In the story‚ Jig looked at hills and said‚ “ They looked like white elephants.” The man replied‚ “ I’ve never seen one.” Then she replied‚ “No‚ you wouldn’t have.” (line 9-11). The hills symbolize the big obstacles that we must climb‚ but are not enormous mountains
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and give Jig the abortion. They both were sitting on the baron side of the station thinking nothing but themselves and with no worries‚ ignoring what problem they both have‚ enjoying the moment and trying new things together. The hills to Jig look like white elephants‚ in her mind‚ she is thinking about her physical appears‚ when her belly gets to that point similar to the hills. Jig a young girl and the American an older gentleman in this station to make critical life changing choice. Jig makes her
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story “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ Ernest Hemingway writes about a young girl‚ Jig‚ and a man‚ also known as “the American”‚ who find themselves in a very complicated situation. In the story‚ the young girl is pregnant with “the American’s” child and he is trying to convince her to have the simple operation that will rid them of the only thing that is harming their happiness. Throughout the writing it seems as if Jig is somewhat hesitant to go through with the operation and the man is doing what
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1.The two main characters: the pregnant girl‚ Jig‚ and the American man are two different people. The first clue about the exact nature of their conflict is when the woman compares the hills to “white elephants”. The American says that he has “never seen one” and Jig reacts to his answer saying: “No‚ you wouldn’t have.” Jig seems not to be convinced that the decision she made is the right one. The man says the abortion is “perfectly simple” and that he thinks “it’s the best thing to do.” Even though
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Nicole Pastore Feindert English 303‚ 10:45AM-12:50 PM 14 February 2016 “Hills Like White Elephants” and Setting In “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ the setting enhances and symbolizes the difficult choices both the American and Jig must face as well as analyzes the problem of projecting problems on to the environment in everyday life. Heavy in dialogue and lacking in detailed descriptions of the environment‚ Hemingway’s sparse choices in description become very essential to the
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time I read through the poem but I did recognize it was affecting the young girl named Jig. I first realized something was going on when the man kept repeating that everything will be okay and he kept repeating the words “perfectly simple” and she would repeatedly say that she will be “fine”. In the poem the man says “It’s really an awfully simple operation‚ Jig” (line 42 ). To me I knew that this girl Jig had to make a decision but I did not
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"The Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway is a short story about an American man and a girl named Jig. In the story the two are sitting in a rail station waiting for the train to Madrid. While they are waiting‚ they have an intense‚ ongoing discussion over whether or not Jig will get an abortion. At the end of the story‚ the train is about to arrive and the man carries the baggage to the tracks as they prepare to depart. The ending of the story leaves unclear the outcome of her decision
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