Abortion In Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants

Looking at Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” we will just see a couple arguing about abortion and whether the girl would go through with it. The couple believes that when Jig goes through with the abortion the relationship will automatically fall back to the blissful state it was before the obstruction of the baby come along. Hemingway said, “And if I do it you’ll be happy and things will be like they were and you’ll love me” (361). The girl is willing to go through with abortion, believing that it will save her relationship. Through the lens of “The Storm” we get to see that this is not just a sacrifice that Jig is making, it is a huge risk she is taking desperately trying to sustain her failing love life. She is taking this risk …show more content…
We should understand people’s willingness to take risks in relationships which may never pay off, but instead destroy themselves and all they’ve built. As in “The Storm” Calixta took a major risk cheating on her husband and the could have led to the end of her marriage. That helps me see that the risk that Jig was about to take in “Hills Like White Elephants” may not be worth it and she won’t get all the bliss and happiness she thinks that relationship will bring her. Yet, she is more than ready to go through with the abortion, which would change her life forever. The alacrity that people have in doing such things that might not pay off is piloted by the desire to please their spouse. Through the lens of the storm also we got to see that humans are extremely difficult to please as we see how, despite Bobinot being an awesome husband did not stop Calixta from cheating on him with her ex-lover in their home. So, though Jig wants to go through with the abortion to please her boyfriend and is confident that it would save their failing relationship that won’t make him stay committed to her nor love her more. One will be surprising to find out that the seemly perfect couples are living in lies. People live their lives in lies with them not even knowing it. Calixta did not have the nerve to tell her husband what she did instead he went on eating and laughing with his family like they the most perfect in the world. This in turn, then sheds light on Jig’s boyfriend because he does really want her to go have the abortion but is lying and playing it as if he does not want her to and it's won’t matter if she does. So, when we are willing to take risks we should do it knowing that things may not turn out as we expect. With all your sacrifices it is still