Black Man And White Woman In Dark Green Rowboat Summary

In “Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat” takes place with a man and a woman in a green boat. One thing that caught my attention reading this was that the men's race was a huge aspect. Reading through this story I realized that no other character was described by race. While the man and women are talking in the green boat the women or the man never clarifies what’s going on in their relationship. The women quoted “I am putting on weight, I told mother”. I didn’t catch on at first what the context clue meant, but further on in the story I realized she was pregnant. Then the women quotes “I am going to do it mother is coming with me”. In my opinion the fact that she said she wanted to “do it” means she wants to set up an appointment to get an abortion. The woman
Because even though she is the one pregnant it is still part of him and he should have the right to tell her how he feels about the situation at hand.
In “Hills Like White Elephants,” Hemingway structures the short story into a dialogue between two characters, the American and the girl, also known as Jig. Throughout the short story, the conflict between the couple is unstated and vague, but it can be inferred that the couple is discussing about abortion, even though it is not stated explicitly within their conversation. The
American is trying to persuade Jig to go through with the abortion; he makes it seem as if it is not a big deal, which reveals the man’s coldness and ignorance about what exactly an abortion entails both physically and emotionally to a woman “It’s really an awfully simple operation, Jig,” the man said. “It’s not really an operation at all.”,”The girl did not say anything. “I’ll go with you and I’ll stay with you all the time. They just let the air in and then it’s all perfectly natural”.
(417). The American even has the audacity to remark on how he knows a lot of people that