“The Jig is Up”: A Gendered Analysis of Ernest Hemingway’s‚ “Hills Like White Elephants” Gender has been an issue in society since the beginning of humanity. We have lived in a male dominated society until recently‚ in the last hundred years we have had a promotion of equality. In Ernest Hemingway’s‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” it tells the story of a couple who are introduced with the problem of pregnancy. In an effort to convince his partner to have an abortion‚ the male uses his patriarchal
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too‚ can be just as great as the fishing experts you see on TV. With the use of a jig pole‚ a variety of jigs‚ and a depth finder/trolling motor/boat combination‚ I will explain how to catch crappie easily and successfully. First‚ you will need a jig pole specifically used to catch crappie. One brand of jig poles that I recommend is B-n-M; it is a jig pole company known to specifically handle crappies. The jig pole will need to be twelve feet in length. This length is ideal because you will not
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characters‚ and barely any narration to convey the short story’s meaning. In this case‚ the reader is required to read between the lines. In this short story‚ one can see that all of the symbols disclose the unsteady relationship between the American and Jig and the conflict in relation to their lifestyle and operation. After looking at the title‚ "Hills Like White Elephants"‚ it becomes evident right away that the story holds significant symbolism. When first glancing at the title‚ one might assume it
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The Themes of "Hills Like White Elephants" The theme of choices and consequences is expressed through the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" through the American and through Jig. The next theme is the theme of doubt and ambiguity which is sensed by the reader through both the American ’s doubts and Jig ’s doubts. The last is the theme of men and women in which Hemingway explores the way that men and women relate to each other. In "Hills Like White Elephants‚" Ernest Hemingway expresses three
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“Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is a short story about a man known as the American and a girl named Jig who are a couple. Both are at a train station in Barcelona surrounded by hills waiting for the train to take them to Madrid. The weather was warm and the couple sat outside the station at a bar to order beer. All of a sudden Jig looks at the landscape and says that the hills look like white elephants to which the American man answers that he has never seen one. After the first
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“What Would Jig Do?” The Iceberg Theory of Writing stresses the effectiveness and strength of writing that lies in the details unspoken. If the writing is worded effectively‚ the details removed are recognized as if they were printed. The scant observations can be expanded by the in-tune reader. When the author completely knows and understands the subject‚ the material can be revised to minimalistic size. The visible and observed portion of the story only constitutes a fraction of the size of
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notice that it is a simile as hills are being compared to white elephants. The young woman in the story‚ called Jig‚ is having drinks with an American man while waiting for a train at a station. The two discuss what the American man calls an “operation.” This operation being discussed by the American man and Jig is an abortion. It is important to understand the two main characters‚ Jig and the American man. It doesn’t state the relationship between the
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The story‚ “Hills like White Elephants”‚ focuses around the two main characters Jig and the American. The story takes place in Spain while the two wait on the train. They are both in with conflict whether or not Jig should get an abortion or keep the baby. To the American‚ in his mind he wants no part in having the baby with Jig‚ he just came to have fun. While they wait for the train they either have two choices‚ to either go west where the sun sets or to go east where the sun rises. West symbolizes
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Challenging Gender Stereotypes in the 1920’s Marital arguments are one of the main reasons for divorce in this day in age. However‚ some couples have really good relationships because one partner does not force the other to do anything unwillingly‚ but will still argue over things they disagree on. Hemingway expresses this type of relationship in his short story‚ “Hills Like White elephants.” Set in a time where the inequality between men and women was very evident‚ Hemingway tells the story of an
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short story‚ the word “abortion” is not actually used in the story‚ but using the literary devices it supports the understanding of the story. The setting is vital to the story. The story begins with a young couple referred to as “the American” and Jig waiting at the train station in Spain in the 1920’s. The train symbolizes the different directions in life if they choose to have the abortion. The train station symbolizes the stop in their life. If they choose to have the abortion their lives go in
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