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(Weeks Jr., L. E., 1980)
The themes of “Hills like White Elephants” are the “choices and consequences” of an unmarried couple in the midst of a disagreement about abortion, which the American believes in the choice for abortion will free them to what they were before and Jig believes more realistic consideration of the choices and consequences. “Doubt and ambiguity” is another them that covered through the whole story, which the American is not careful of how he communicate with Jig, and Jig is only wondering if the American will continue to love and stay with …show more content…
A white elephant symbolizes something that is really precious but no one wants, just like the “baby” inside Jig. However on the other hand, the white elephants also represent the “baby’s purity in this story. Moreover, the setting of the station also symbolism something deeper, it has two rail lines that goes to different directions represents the struggle between two choices on one side the landscape represents fertility and the other one …show more content…
The central conflict is the American told Jig that abortion is just a “perfectly natural” thing. In the story, the American man was trying to persuade Jig to do the abortion, but Jig wanted to do everything to please the American and thus preserve their relationship. In the other words, Jig and the American do not have the same perception of the world. For Jig, “everything” includes the “baby”, but for the American “everything” is a carefree life without the “baby”. Here also shows the characteristics of the characters. The American is selfish, hypocritical, and lack of feelings for the girl despite his protestations of
The themes of “Hills like White Elephants” are the “choices and consequences” of an unmarried couple in the midst of a disagreement about abortion, which the American believes in the choice for abortion will free them to what they were before and Jig believes more realistic consideration of the choices and consequences. “Doubt and ambiguity” is another them that covered through the whole story, which the American is not careful of how he communicate with Jig, and Jig is only wondering if the American will continue to love and stay with …show more content…
A white elephant symbolizes something that is really precious but no one wants, just like the “baby” inside Jig. However on the other hand, the white elephants also represent the “baby’s purity in this story. Moreover, the setting of the station also symbolism something deeper, it has two rail lines that goes to different directions represents the struggle between two choices on one side the landscape represents fertility and the other one …show more content…
The central conflict is the American told Jig that abortion is just a “perfectly natural” thing. In the story, the American man was trying to persuade Jig to do the abortion, but Jig wanted to do everything to please the American and thus preserve their relationship. In the other words, Jig and the American do not have the same perception of the world. For Jig, “everything” includes the “baby”, but for the American “everything” is a carefree life without the “baby”. Here also shows the characteristics of the characters. The American is selfish, hypocritical, and lack of feelings for the girl despite his protestations of