minimalist‚ and so it is up to the reader to decipher what message‚ tone‚ or imagery is being conveyed. In this short story it is a hot day‚ there are train tracks nearby. The hot weather could have symbolized the tension between the woman‚ called Jig‚ and the American man- the train tracks their differing viewpoints. The story begins with the woman asking the man what he would like to drink‚ to which he replies‚ “It’s pretty hot.” Right from the beginning of the encounter‚ you get the feeling that
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“abortion” at any time during the conversation or in any of his narrative sentences; not even once does he use any nouns or verbs relating to babies or giving birth‚ let alone “abortion”. Readers may easily notice that the girl in the story has a name (Jig) while the man does not have one; he is simply called “the American man”. Besides‚ the ending is eliminated. What is the reason for all of these omissions? Because readers find it difficult at first to understand‚ they have to make an effort in guessing
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that Jig sees moving over the fertile grain field as foreshadowing the death of her unborn child. Another section in the story is the moving of the baggage to the other side of the train station‚ expressing that they will have their unborn baby. For the man‚ the shadow of the cloud emphasizes Jig’s—and the reader’s—awareness of how little communication exists between her and the man. In the story‚ it shows how the man is changing around‚ even if it means if it is not his way. All because Jig wants
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over her. The story begins with the pair having drinks by a train station somewhere in northern Spain. Jig heavily relies on the man to translate and order for her‚ presumably because she cannot speak Spanish. She asks her companion many questions‚ including "What should we drink?" (Hemingway‚ 475) and "Is it good with water?" (476). This implies the knowledge disparities between the man and Jig‚ a common situation during the 1920s when the story was written‚ where it was believed that higher education
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Ernest Hemingway’s "Hills Like White Elephants‚" tells the story of an American man and a girl who is named Jig. They are both sitting outside of a train station in Spain looking across a valley while drinking beer. In “Hills Like White Elephants‚” Hemingway discusses the landscape before them‚ the valley of the Ebro River‚ that has long white hills. As the American and the girl begin to have a conversation‚ the girl remarks on the Ebro River of the way it looks. After a while the American asked
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what you are reading and things will make sense. In the story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” Hemingway uses intricate detail in how the story is told. The theme of the story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway (1927) is that the girl‚ Jig says that she is fine when in reality she is struggling with a decision of whether or not to get the abortion. She wants the American man to love her no matter what decision she make‚ but she wants the baby and it is obvious in her sarcasm throughout
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much like the Cantabrian mountains of Spain resemble white elephants. “Hills Like White Elephants” (1927)‚ written by Ernest Hemingway‚ is about a young‚ unmarried couple‚ the American and Jig‚ who are sitting at a train station in Spain‚ apprehensively discussing an abortion for Jig. The story starts with Jig looking at the surrounding hills and talking about different types of alcohol. There is a following conversation between the two where they talk about their relationship post-abortion. There
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(called the American) and a girl’s life where they are at crossroads with one another. They dispute and make much effort to converse and challenge their standpoints about whether or not they should keep their unborn child. The man wants the girl (called Jig) to proceed with an abortion while the wife struggles to get him to look at her point of view. We will never be aware of how or if they manage to make ends meet due to the fact that the story concludes without a straightforward solution. A close reading
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most women of the time period (1920 ’s -1930 ’s) Jig wants to to please her man. She is willing to do this at any cost. Jig would even have an abortion if that ’s what it will take to please him. “And if I do it you ’ll be happy and things will be like they were and you ’ll love me?” (Hemingway ‚2012‚ p.55) Abortions were not a simple operation during that time period as the man would have her believe. “It ’s really an awfully simple operation‚ Jig” the man said‚ “Its not really an operation at all”
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Love and Responsibility in Hills Like White Elephants “Hills Like White Elephants” written by Ernest Hemingway that is the controversy revolving around the theme of abortion between the American man and the girl named Jig waiting for a train at the station. Through their conversation and their difficult decision that whether or not having an abortion‚ the story shows love and responsibility in a relationship between the couple. While waiting for a press‚ they drinking
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