What Is Ernest Hemingway's Hill Hills Like White Elephants?
Abstract
This article is about Ernest Hemingway’s Hills like White Elephants. It is regarding its feministic aspect mostly about the power and assertion of Jig the female character.
Since Hemingway’s texts often are ambiguous and open for interpretation i have found many different sources and likewise opinions of the text. However many of the latter texts that i found point to the assertion of Jig and that she is enigmatic. This is what interested me because in the texts of Hemingway that i have read the women are often flat characters without dept. Hence to have a girl without origin outsmart The American seemed really interesting and i did find a lot of support for my claim that is: that Jig outsmarts the American and wins not only the discourse but also in the relationship.
Robin Lee
Professor Johan Wijkmark
English 3
8 November 2013 …show more content…
In spite of that many scholars have dissected it the only consensus they have reached regarding the outcome of the short story is that there is none. HLWE is about an American and a woman named Jig having drinks by a train station in Spain by the river Ebro. While discussing whether to try the local spirits they also discuss if Jig should do an abortion or not. However the word abortion or pregnant is never used instead the reader has to read between the lines which is the fundamental of Hemingway’s famous iceberg theory. For example “Hills Like White Elephants” is an euphemism for the elephant in the room namely the fetus. Hence everyone that has read HLWE have their own theory about what actually happens however more recently many scholars have drifted to Jigs favor meaning that she outwits the American. Saying that she does keep the baby and leaves the
This article is about Ernest Hemingway’s Hills like White Elephants. It is regarding its feministic aspect mostly about the power and assertion of Jig the female character.
Since Hemingway’s texts often are ambiguous and open for interpretation i have found many different sources and likewise opinions of the text. However many of the latter texts that i found point to the assertion of Jig and that she is enigmatic. This is what interested me because in the texts of Hemingway that i have read the women are often flat characters without dept. Hence to have a girl without origin outsmart The American seemed really interesting and i did find a lot of support for my claim that is: that Jig outsmarts the American and wins not only the discourse but also in the relationship.
Robin Lee
Professor Johan Wijkmark
English 3
8 November 2013 …show more content…
In spite of that many scholars have dissected it the only consensus they have reached regarding the outcome of the short story is that there is none. HLWE is about an American and a woman named Jig having drinks by a train station in Spain by the river Ebro. While discussing whether to try the local spirits they also discuss if Jig should do an abortion or not. However the word abortion or pregnant is never used instead the reader has to read between the lines which is the fundamental of Hemingway’s famous iceberg theory. For example “Hills Like White Elephants” is an euphemism for the elephant in the room namely the fetus. Hence everyone that has read HLWE have their own theory about what actually happens however more recently many scholars have drifted to Jigs favor meaning that she outwits the American. Saying that she does keep the baby and leaves the