The American Man And Jig In Ernest Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants

In literary fiction, charterers are portrayed directly or indirectly. Sometimes, symbolism is introduced to add depth to the story. And finally, the different points-of-view on which the story is being told. Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” discusses some tough decision people make consequently harming others. One day the American man and the girl, Jig, is on the way to Madrid from Barcelona and made a stop at a junction. While, waiting for the arrival of the train heading to Madrid, the American man and Jig decides to order a couple of beers. The American man and Jig started a simple conversation and slowly boils into an argument. Noticing this, the woman notifies the American man that the train to Madrid will be arriving soon;
This is observed by the characterization, points-of-view, and the symbols though out the story. Firstly, the different types of characterization points out is the gender-biased decision the characters displays or, how they are presented by the narrator. The characterization of the characters varies from indirect to direct. To start, indirect characterization portrays the character’s personality by their thoughts, actions to the readers. Another way to look at this type of characterization is by how the characters interact with internal and external forces to better understand the characters personally. An example of this characterization is shown in halfway to the story when he American man and Jig have a heated argument in regards to the operation. Following this, the two continued on the argument, the American man continues to insist that jig needs to get the operation and Jig carefully, but sly fully remarked “‘I don’t care about me’” (223). Suggest on how Jig feels like something important will be gone and feels despondent about the operation the American man insist that Jig should get to make him happy. Furthermore, this action translates to how the man ignores the girl emotions and justifies his will must be followed, which is, a typical male dominance, part of the gender-biased