demonstrate the contrasts between Jig and her lover. While waiting for the Madrid- bound train‚ Jig astutely analyzes her surroundings. On one side of the track Jig sees that the hills “…were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry.” When she stood up Jig noticed‚ “Across on the other side were fields of grain and trees along the banks of Ebro.” The brown and dry country is a projection of how she sees herself without child: bare and infertile. For Jig‚ the lush green trees represent life
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Hemingway‚ is a fictional story written about an American man and a woman called Jig. It concerns their conversation while waiting for a train located in Barcelona‚ Spain. The two characters settle at a bar which is surrounded by the Ebro Valley; an series of white hills that are what Jig sees as “white elephants” (400). The story is told in third-person point-of-view and focuses on their argument as to whether Jig should have an abortion or not. One may believe that the title is extracted from
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From what I understand‚ Jig is a pregnant girl who is in a great dilemma with an American man. "It’‚ is the termination or the continuation of Jig’s pregnancy. The white elephants are a symbol of Jig’s pregnancy. When researched "white elephants" are an unwanted possession that is difficult to get rid of. Fitting. As for the train station it symbolizes an end to their choice. Each time the train station worker came to remind them about how much time was left until the train arrived symbolized a countdown
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tracks‚ and the felt pads. Hemingway uses these symbols to produce the theme of the story. The theme is about how change will bring happiness for Jig by having the baby while the man doesn’t see what the future holds for him if Jig has the baby and he tries to persuade her to go with an abortion In the beginning of the story‚ the American and the girl‚ Jig‚ are at the rail station waiting for a train to go to Madrid. While waiting for the train the two sit at a table at the bar having some drinks
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Like White Elephants Commentary Hills Like White Elephants tells the story of a woman‚ Jig‚ and a man known only as the American‚ sitting in a train station. Though the story is brief‚ it has much to say. When reading the story for the first time its full effect doesn’t set in. By taking a closer look and rereading the story‚ a bigger situation is revealed other than what seems to be a dull conversation. Jig is pregnant and the American man is pressuring her into having an abortion. The little details
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relationship‚ and how they express their thoughts‚ and hide their real emotions. First‚ Hemingway provides examples of Jig and the American’s behavior within their relationship. Provided‚ the situation they are in is uncomfortable for any young relationship‚ but when Jig steers the conversation
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decision a right one? What may be right to some‚ may be wrong to others. There are no right or wrong decisions but those that people choose and believe to be right varying from each individual. In Hemingway’s realistic story‚ Hills Like White Elephants‚ Jig attempts to make a crucial change in her life by making the right decision‚ but is unable to because of her weak characteristic flaws. Hills Like White Elephants”‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ is a short story published in 1927‚ which is set at a train station
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Matthew Sorrell English Honors Block 7 Mrs. Tamsie Earls 29 January 2014 To Keep or Not to Keep The short story‚ “ Hills Like White Elephants ” by Ernest Hemingway‚ is about a man who is unnamed and a women whose nickname is Jig‚ as the reader we understand them to be boyfriend and girlfriend. They are both sitting at a train station waiting on the train. After some time (and a few beers)‚ the women brings up that the hills in front of them look like white elephants. The man does not think
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an American man and a girl who goes by Jig. The two are waiting in a train station between Barcelona and Madrid. As the couple waits‚ they go and get some drinks while they designate an important decision; whether or not they should get an abortion. In the story an ‘abortion’ is never mentioned directly so it allows the readers thoughts to linger on symbolism. Courage is a theme that is revealed in the story through the two devices irony and symbolism. Jig is the courageous one in the story‚ not
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and a moment of change in their lives because they are free from the controlled life they had. In the story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants” Jig is shown to be an object who is being manipulated and abused. The story begins with the scenario of a couple (the American‚ man and Jig‚ women) at a train station in Spain who are having a conversation or argument about
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