Hills Like White Elephants In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway it can be assumed that the girl Jig gets an abortion and does not stay together with the American considering the amount of conflict they have shown in the text. Jig seems a lot younger than the American‚ since she is referred to as girl in the story. Also‚ she seems like she wants to have the abortion. Example from the text‚ “I’ll do it and everything will be fine (Ernest Hemingway)”. However‚ she is
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Ernest Hemingway’s short story‚ "Hills Like White Elephants‚" involves a couple faced with a serious dilemma. The female character‚ Jig‚ is pregnant. Her lover encourages her to get an abortion‚ but she has second thoughts. By the end of the story‚ it is evident that Jig does not go through with the procedure and decides to keep the baby. In the story‚ Jig and her lover‚ known as the American‚ are at a train station having some drinks. The railroad runs through a valley with hills. On one side of
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able to read and connect with the story that isn’t drawn out. “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” (Oates‚ 1966) and “Hills Like White Elephants‚ (Hemingway‚ 1927)”. Both of these short stories tell about decisions that have to be made through different conflicts and really just making decisions for what is best for oneself. In “Hills Like White Elephants‚” the author brings out two important characters. A man‚ who has no name; he is only known as an American man. And a girl‚ called only Jig
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the essay “Shooting an Elephant”‚ it gives away many symbols and a very important life lesson. The essay has many symbols‚ but three stick out like a sore thumb. These include the gun‚ the Burmese people‚ and the elephant. A main symbol that is easily noticed is the gun he uses. A small powerful rifle against a huge elephant. Orwell even noted “an old .44 Winchester and much too small to kill an elephant” (324). The gun isn’t mad to kill a giant beast like this elephant. It was all he had for
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Due to their large size and low predation‚ other than poachers‚ the African Elephants special senses are being studied further. These creatures have been discovered to use their trunks‚ ears and their feet for various functions. The elephant’s trunk is the leading organ for smelling. Their trunk works with the organ inside their mouths known as the vomeronasal organ also knows as the Jacobson’s organ (Hia‚ 2013). This organ contains sensory neurons that cause their sense of smell to be exceedingly
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Sometimes it takes a life-changing moment to awaken a person in a relationship the realities of those around them‚ Hemingway’s “Hills like White Elephant‚” showcase techniques that express the relationship among the man and the girl who were in a short-flawed altercation about the girl going under an abortion operation. Point of view helps display the ‘situation’ or ‘baby-problem’ that corrupted their relationship. This story is narrated in third person which gives the readers information and insights
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WC: 754 Title: Sacred Moments Close interpretation of the story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway leads the reader to an issue that has plagued society for decades. Understanding of the human condition is unveiled in the story line‚ the main setting‚ and through the character representation. The main characters in the story are an American man and a female named Jig. The conflict about abortions is an issue that still faces society today. Architectural and atmospheric symbolisms
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condemns it and thinks of it as only a façade of power. In ”Shooting an Elephant”‚ he conveys the ironic‚ powerless and evil nature of Imperialism through the experience of himself as a young British officer shooting the elephant against his own will in order to maintain the image of the imperial power in Burma. This is shown specifically through the relationship between the British and Burmese‚ the portrayal of the elephant as well as development of the inner conflicts of the protagonist. The major
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article‚ “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”‚ Morell gives a general overview of the whole experiment. She writes‚ “A team of scientists modified a classic experiment first administered to chimpanzees in the 1930s‚ which requires two animals to work together to earn a treat. If they don’t cooperate‚ neither gets the reward.” Next‚ the video “Elephants Show Cooperation” is quite different from the article when it comes to content. In the video‚ the host narrates as each clip of elephants during the
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One day there was a rampaging circus elephant going through the town‚ and Orwell went with his old .44 Winchester so he could go scare it away. During the elephants rampage throughout the town it destroyed a hut‚ killed a cow and raided some fruit stalls. Later on they realized the elephant trampled a man to death and that’s when Orwell went and got an elephant rifle from a friend because he thought it was needed at the moment. Orwell tracked down the elephant and the whole town followed because they
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