Ernest Hemingway’s short story, ''Hills like White Elephants'', is about a couple traveling throughout Spain. The couple known as Jig, the woman and The American man, are set in a train station waiting upon the next train to Madrid. The story then transitions settings as they enter a bar where they drink beer and small talk while they wait. In this story, there is a form of communication being utilized by the couple, virtually through the use of codes, endeavoring not to speak on a certain subject. They continue this ongoing discussion about some sort of operation, as a reader discovers by analyzing the story, this operation is an abortion.
The method Hemingway uses when writing is the Iceberg Theory (of why something works or happens the …show more content…
When using critical thinking to a hill, a hill can be an obstacle where people usually do some sort of fitness, something that is hard to overcome. Hemingway describes a scene when Jig is doing an action, and he states, “The girl was looking off at the line of hills” (Hemingway 223). This passage illustrates that she is cogitating about an unspoken issue hard to overcome whether deciding to have an abortion or not. Jig is in denial to speak up and settle the situation …show more content…
In a quick exchange, the reader notices that The American is just uninteresting in the topic. When Jig looks upon the hills, she states, “they’re lovely hills… They don’t really look like white elephants. I just meant the color of their skin through the trees”, The American replies with a spin in the conversation, “Should we have another drink?” (Hemingway 224). The American is clearly rejecting and evading the elephant in the room, by not discussing this major situation. He is eager to small talk and drink
The method Hemingway uses when writing is the Iceberg Theory (of why something works or happens the …show more content…
When using critical thinking to a hill, a hill can be an obstacle where people usually do some sort of fitness, something that is hard to overcome. Hemingway describes a scene when Jig is doing an action, and he states, “The girl was looking off at the line of hills” (Hemingway 223). This passage illustrates that she is cogitating about an unspoken issue hard to overcome whether deciding to have an abortion or not. Jig is in denial to speak up and settle the situation …show more content…
In a quick exchange, the reader notices that The American is just uninteresting in the topic. When Jig looks upon the hills, she states, “they’re lovely hills… They don’t really look like white elephants. I just meant the color of their skin through the trees”, The American replies with a spin in the conversation, “Should we have another drink?” (Hemingway 224). The American is clearly rejecting and evading the elephant in the room, by not discussing this major situation. He is eager to small talk and drink