In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills like White Elephants” He talks about two people, a couple who are in an argument and are passing back and forth the control of the argument. The argument at hand is about the abortion the American wants Jig (the girl) to have. Jig is on the fence about the abortion while the American is pushing her to have the “simple operation” so that the relationship with go back to how it was before the pregnancy, while Jig is not exactly sure she wants the procedure she tries to say that they can be happy even with the baby at which point she tries to turn the tables on the American by being passive so that she would get the answer she wanted out him; the American then says that he wants her to do whatever it is that she wants to and he will…
Introduction: In Hemingway's “Hills like White Elephants”, the setting reveals the circumstances of the main characters Jig, and the American. Provide background information Preview of main points in essay Body: Paragraph 1: 1) Topic Sentence that states main idea of paragraph, and links to thesis in Introduction. 2) The Train Station represents situation couple are in.…
The Unspoken Power Struggle Earnest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” if read as written is a simple conversation about a couple drinking and taking in the scenery around a train station, but when broken down is actually a conversation about abortion. Many critics have analyzed the story from a descriptive and conversational stand point. From a descriptive stance they look at how Hemingway described the setting around the train station, and what the couple has with them. Whereas looking from a conversation stand point they analyze what’s said, how it’s said, and the characters body language. The reason for the analysis is to figure out if Jig will follow through with the abortion and the relationship, if she will keep the child and the American, or if the American will leave her abortion or not.…
The story “Black Man and White Women in Dark Green Rowboat” is about a struggling interracial relationship. In this story the white women has a control of everything in their relationship. She seems very annoying and frustrating because she is all about herself and doesn’t value or care about the black man’s opinion. However, the black man would like to share his thoughts of what they should do in their situation, she will not even give him a chance to express what he feels. Afterwards, the black man realizes just how selfcentered she is, he decides to leave her and move on with his life.…
Overall, the purpose of “Hills Like White Elephants” is the couples subject…
The couple then argues whether or not Jig should get the operation. This story is mostly dialogue and told from a dramatic point of view which leaves it up to the reader to interpret the characters emotions and thoughts. “Hills Like White Elephants” shows that miscommunication can lead to a dysfunctional relationship. “Jig” (Hemingway), as the American man calls her, is the protagonist of this story. Jig is a round static character who…
The Oppression of Women During The Late 19th Century Short fiction- a literature composed of characters or things that portray an overall theme or mood. In the works, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway, they both carry multiple themes throughout their stories. However, one of the most significant themes throughout them both are the oppression of women in dominating male relationships. Within these stories there are underlying plots and motifs throughout them both.…
The characters in Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway differ from each other dramatically. The character known as the man is seen more as the protagonist and the girl he is having a conversation with is seen as the antagonist. The diction in this short story gives away the motivations of the man versus the girl. Figurative language and diction gives away the topic of the conversation that they want to keep quiet which is abortion.…
In Timothy D. O’Brien’s criticism of Ernest Hemmingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants,” he concentrates mainly on how allusion and word play contribute to the central conflict of the short story. The story mainly consists of the dialogue between the American and Jig. The choice of the nickname Jig, along with the repetition of certain words such as “know” and “fine” stood out to me while reading the story. In addition to the word choice, the train never comes at the end of the story, leaving it open for interpretation. The O’Brian discusses these word choices in “Allusion, Word-Play, and the Central Conflict in Hemingway’s ‘Hills Like White Elephants’” used by Hemingway in “Hills Like White Elephants” play a huge part in the overall conflict…
It also connects with the story “Hills like White Elephant.” In this short story there is an American man and his foreign girlfriend who were at a train station waiting for their train to arrive. While they sat there conversing she begin to look over into the hills which sat in the sun and referred to them as “White Elephants”, her reason for saying this is because the hills sat in the sun while the country looked brown and dry and through the trees to her the hills looked like white elephants. The couple sat and chatted while drinking alcoholic beverages.…
In “Hills like White Elephants”, the title is the major symbol within the story. “They look like white elephants,” Jig states as she looks off at the hills (275). These hills symbolize multiple things: the “white elephant” is something that a person cannot sell nor has any use. In this case, the white elephant will be her pregnancy. She has no use to a baby because the American does not want to have a baby because it will be a hindrance as they try to live the carefree lives that they have now, and she could not keep the baby without being a married woman.…
The short story “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway is about a couple that is sitting at a train station between Madrid and Barcalona struggling with a critical decision they are faced with. Hemmingway uses dialogue to tell the story and forces the reader to interpret what will happen next. The setting and symbolism gives the readers clues to understand the couple’s dilemma they are faced with. Hemmingway chose a public place for the setting for this story. This public place was a train station somewhere near Ebro, which is a river in northern Spain, between Barcelona and Madrid.…
The use of symbolism in any story is meaningful and important. Whether symbolism is trying to show something that is out of context or it represents the true meaning of an object or idea in the story, symbolism provides knowledge on something that could not be clear in the plot and theme of any story. Symbolism helps the readers to understand a deeper meaning to any story. An excellent example of a story that has symbolism is “Hill like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway. The symbolism found in Ernest Hemingway’s work has important value to a story, but also can be interpreted by readers deeply and from a different point of view.…
“Hills like White Elephants,” by Ernest Hemmingway and, “The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin are both short stories that take place in short periods of time and focus on the relationship of a couple. Though the stories differ greatly, they are similar in that they both include the use of a train as a symbol and in their focus of the women in the relationships introduced. The trains in both stories are the most significant similarity because they represent the different futures that Jig and Mrs. Mallard could have. While Hemmingway leaves his short story with an open ending regarding Jig’s future, Chopin reveals the outcome of Mrs. Mallard’s future. Hemmingway’s short story takes place at a train station.…
But I know it's perfectly simple” (Hemingway), and he tells her they will be happier after the operation. In this story, the white hills symbolize what no one wants, which in this case is the woman's baby. After discussing the operation, the woman looks back at the hills and makes a remark about how the hills no longer look like white elephants which symbolizes that she wants to keep the baby after all. Finally, the woman agrees to the abortion because he told her they will get married if she gets the operation. She tells the man “I don't care about me” (Hemingway).…