society‚ abortion was intolerable and entirely prohibited not too long ago. In “Hills Like White Elephants‚” Hemingway conveys a couple and a train station to symbolize the crossroads within their relationship due to an “operation” (abortion). The setting is significantly important in which the train station and its surroundings symbolize the restrain on time and the couple’s relationship as a whole. In the story‚ Hemingway illustrates an American man and a girl waiting at a train station
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The girl who goes by the name of Jig‚ in the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway‚ is a very indecisive character‚ which delineates the constant battle between choosing to listen to your heart or mind. Main points: 1. Jig is willing to go through with the operation at the beginning of the story. Evidence: She has obviously discussed the “operation” with the man she is with before‚ and seems to believe it will fix things between them. An excerpt from the story reads:
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In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ the narrator presents a brief description about the scene including the location‚ specific details and one of the character that is called the girl. This short story is about a girl that is trying to make a decision about an abortion and how she is manipulated by another character called the American to get this done. In this story the narrator let us know throw symbols which are the feelings of the girl when she think about this decision
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10 July 2010 The Communication Battle Between Jig and the American In the Hemingway short story “Hills Like White Elephants” the author describes a conversation between a couple who wait at a train station crossroad in Spain during the 1920’s. The conversation reveals that the couple disagrees over the direction they should take with their relationship. Jig‚ the girl‚ is pregnant and desires to have the baby and settle down with her lover. While the American man tries to convince her to have
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Becoming a parent is something most people see in their future‚ however it often comes at the wrong time for some people. In Ernest Hemingway’s‚ “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ we see a couple’s conversation as it leads up to the decision they are making on whether or not to have an abortion. With the white elephants representing a metaphor for the unborn child‚ we are able to see the struggle of a couple trying to make a decision on whether to keep the child or not‚ through which it is apparent that
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never free ourselves from the bondages of time‚ but the decisions we make along the way‚ can change our lives and the lives of others‚ forever. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ an American man and a young woman must face the challenge of having to make a life altering decision‚ in a limited amount of time. Hemingway uses a very short timeline to tell his story‚ he makes time relevant in the story’s setting‚ and also in his written dialogue. This short story demonstrates
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Hills like white elephants "Hills like White Elephants is a story about an American man and a girl named Jig who has become pregnant. It appears that their relationship was not a serious one. They were traveling together and having a good time. But The pregnancy changed the relationship. The American man wants Jig to have an abortion. Jig is either unsure that she wants the abortion or maybe she does not want the abortion but does not have the power to make this fully known to the man
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They say that hard times can change someone and their perspective on life. The girl‚ Jig‚ in Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants‚” starts off in the beginning of the story seemingly dependent on The man and gradually starts to become more in control of the situation and her own life. Growing tired of all the traveling her and The man’s life entails‚ learning of the man’s conditioned love and his persistence of him wanting her to get the operation has Jig starting to see life through different
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Hills like white elephants Hills like white elephants‚ is a short story about a couple trying to make a big decision together. It is apparent that the girl is pregnant. The argument they are struggling with is whether or not for her to have an abortion. The man is on the side that she should have the operation; she has not yet made up her mind. I strongly feel that the girl “jig” is thinking of keeping the baby but is not sure if her relationship with withstand the pressures of parenthood. In this
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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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