In “Hills Like White Elephants,” Ernest Hemingway depicts two lovers faced with a serious problem: unexpected pregnancy. During the time period of this story, the early twentieth century, abortion was dangerous, taboo, and morally wrong. The girl is undecided for obvious reasons, while the man doesn’t want the responsibility of a child. In this short story, the American man portrays a persuasive attitude to convince his girl, Jig, to have an abortion.
Ernest Hemingway constructs a persuasive tone in the repetitive syntax of the American man. When the man talks to the girl, Jig, about the procedural part of an abortion he repeats variations of the phrase “perfectly simple” five times. “But I know it’s perfectly simple…I won’t worry about that
Ernest Hemingway constructs a persuasive tone in the repetitive syntax of the American man. When the man talks to the girl, Jig, about the procedural part of an abortion he repeats variations of the phrase “perfectly simple” five times. “But I know it’s perfectly simple…I won’t worry about that