reader. Hemingway gives very little description of the American and Jig. Instead‚ the reader must infer through the characters’ actions and dialogue to gauge their feelings toward the issue. The internal conflict within Jig sets the foundation for the theme Hemingway portrays. Jig experiences a moral struggle when debating what she should do with the pregnancy. This internal strife is consistent with the everyday societal
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short story is abortion. At the beginning of the story we meet the two main characters: Jig and the American. Throughout the story Jig and the American are discussing back and forth about whether Jig should get an abortion. Taking note that the American character seems to be a hardcore partier that doesn’t take life seriously‚ you automatically comprehend that he is completely supports the idea of an abortion. Jig‚ who so far has also thus far lived a carefree life of partying‚ is now questioning
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female characters‚ Jig. To begin‚ Hemingway has been criticized for portraying his female characters as weak. Many feminist literary critics have said he depicts women in his stories as a destructive and manipulating influence to their male counterparts‚ attenuating their masculinity. Jig‚ however‚ challenges this conventional theory. The “mere girl‚” and not the American‚ behaves more closely to the archetypal Hemingway hero. She‚ unlike the
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White Elephants” there are two main characters the American and Jig. The story takes place at a train station in 1927 in Spain. Jig is a young girl dealing with a woman’s choice. Although the word abortion is never used in the story‚ the reader is lead to that conclusion through the use of symbolism. There are many different ways in the story that are symbolically used to describe the abortion. For example‚ while drinking beer‚ Jig looks off at the line of hills and says. “They look like white elephants
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In Hemingway ’s "Hills Like White Elephants"‚ he utilizes the audience in understanding the substance of his plot. He takes on a sense of truth by putting an intense amount of dialogue‚ thus giving a realistic type of writing. Through the usage of dialogue between the couple‚ it shows the depth of expectations. The audience must rely and fall back upon their own personal experience in order to interpret the conversation/plot. The correlation with nature plays into the language and the action of how
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talk about whether or not Jig‚ the woman should have an “operation”. It never clearly says what the operation is‚ but from various clues the reader can conclude that the operation that they are talking about is abortion. The American begins trying to convince the Jig to have an abortion. He cunningly try’s to comfort Jig by telling her that decision is totally up to her‚ but then tells her that he believes that the operation would be the best thing for the both of them. Jig can’t seem to decide‚ but
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have in a story. The basic plot of the story is two people who are both the protagonist (Jig) and antagonist (the American man) are at a train station in Spain. They are both having drinks at the train station while also having a long conversation on a very touchy subject: abortion. Both characters have different opinions on what they should with Jig wanting to have the baby while the American man wants Jig to have the
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woman should have an abortion. The characters‚ a young girl called Jig and her American lover sits at a train station in Spain around a valley‚ have beer and try new drinks and dances around their situation on whether they should proceed to Barcelona to abort their unborn baby. Jig opposes the idea of the abortion but ironically‚ makes her point. The American whiffler suggests abortion as the solution to their problem convince Jig that is the right thing to do. Hemingway show significant emphasis
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conflict and disagreement. The short story takes place at a train station by the Ebro River valley of Spain. There is a couple that are talking and ordering drinks that are named The American‚ the man‚ who is nameless and his female companion named Jig. Hills Like White Elephants shows Hemingway’s use of theory of omission‚ a message presented through a story’s subtext. For instance‚ the short story is perceived to be about abortion‚ however‚ the actual word abortion is never mentioned and The American
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convince the girl (Jig) to have an abortion‚ however‚ she has a different view on the thought of having an abortion; she did not want to go through with it. The American man knew within himself that he was not ready to assume the responsibilities of fathering a child‚ so the abortion was his solution to their problem. He tried desperately to convince Jig that having an abortion was the best resolution for their tough situation when he said: “It’s really an awfully simple operation Jig ….That’s the
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