Spain. Hemingway has a decent amount of dialogue between Jig and the American while both of them are drinking. They are discussing a situation that is serious that both of them are facing. In paragraph 42 Hemingway stated‚ “It’s really an awfully simple operation‚ Jig.” The American is talking to jig and trying to convince her of doing the simple operation‚ which is an abortion. Kozikowsk stated that‚ “Hills are the white elephants for jig because they carry ambivalent evocations of the child within
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ideas and opinions about the main point of discussion in the story. “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”. This statement is uttered by the American to his Girlfriend Jig‚ They’ particularly for the practitioners who would be given the said Operation and “let the air’ means the process on how it will come off as natural as if nothing have happen‚ an ABORTION. Note‚ that this is strictly prohibited in any church issues
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read in between the lines and figure out the true meaning of them. This short story is filled with symbolism‚ some of which the reader may not even discover. In the beginning of the story the reader is lunge into the lives of two people‚ American and Jig‚ who wait in a small bar at the train station for their train to come. The symbolism is obvious as the picture of the scenery when the introduction says‚ "The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white. On this side there was no shade and
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pregnancy. Their situation is further complicated by their inability to convey their differing opinions to each other. Tropes‚ symbolism‚ and the title’s meaning are effective means of communicating the conflict for the reader. The American man and Jig‚ the girl with him‚ the two main characters in the story are faced to make a sudden decision on an operation‚ an abortion.
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Hensley English 11 Honors 2nd Period Hills Like White Elephants Summary The story begins in a valley in northern Spain near the Ebro river at a train station surrounded by hills‚ fields‚ and trees. An American man and his girlfriend‚ who he calls ?Jig?‚ are waiting for a train coming from Barcelona in forty minutes that would stop at the station and go to Madrid. While waiting in the shade at a table outside the building‚ the two discuss what they will have to drink. The man points out that it is
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” 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
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gift‚ while the American sees it as an expensive and burdensome obligation. A use of imagery associated with these hills concerns the shape of a pregnant woman. Jig could be seeing the hills as a child bearing woman lying on her back with her belly and breasts swollen because of the pregnancy (Weeks 76). Although the man tries to convince Jig that he knows the operation is safe‚ he may not know much about the operation (Short Stories for Students 158). Certainly the fact that abortions are not legal
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story continues‚ more details of what the couple is discussing unfold. Although it is never actually said we learn that the couple is talking about whether to have an abortion. "It’s really an awful simple operation‚ Jig."(42) It’s is also apparent that the man wants for the girl‚ Jig‚ to have the procedure‚ while the girl does not. It is also obvious that the girl has stronger feelings than the man does about their relationship "And you think then we’ll be all right and be happy."(54) I believe
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their relationship. They begin drinking the largest beers available the moment they arrive at the train station. It’s almost as if they begin drinking to consume their free time with anything else that is available other than discussion. The girl‚ Jig‚ strikes up small talk mentioning how the hills resemble the shapes of white elephants. In the same breath she asks to order more drinks “Anis del Toro…Could we try it?” (Hills 211). She does this to presumably put off the inevitable oncoming conversation
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brought forth by Jig and the American‚ who is nameless throughout the whole story. The issue here being the ‘simple operation’ that Jig is about to undergo which happens to be an abortion. Set in the early 1920s‚ the idea of abortion is as irrational and controversial as today’s ongoing debate over gay marriage. Although the term abortion is never used in the story‚ the imagery Hemingway uses along with the language and behavior of the characters gives way for one explanation – Jig is getting an abortion
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