Two people with a common outlook on life can have very distinct views on a life changing experience. In his, Ernest Hemingways, simple, modern short story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, It starts off with the two characters,a couple. An American, and a girl, Jig, are having a few drinks at a train station, and end up discussing an operation as they wait for their train. Neither of them wants to come out and express his or her feelings, but making it clear nevertheless throughout the story. Ernest Hemingway uses different symbols in his story to teach his audience what they can encounter during everyday life. This story is very straightforward story with a simple setting, and just a few characters that get into the action very quickly.
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As the two are sitting at a table outside of the train station, he (the America) orders two beers, Jig notices and points out the hills nearby look like white elephants “an unwanted gift”, giving the American and the idea that something is going on in their relationship that needs to be addressed. As the couple orders more drinks the American approaches Jig about having a simple operation done , in which they both have distinctive views on. He argues that it’s a “simple operation”, an abortion, but he doesn’t specify what kind of operation. Then goes on to tell her it’s more of just a procedure. The American then tries to explain that their relationship could go back to the way it was and they both could be happy again and have everything. The bartender gave them both the warning that the train would be coming in five minutes. After finishing their drinks and they walk back over to the station the American ask Jig if she feels better and she tells him she is just fine. Sensing that no matter what her choice is that whatever choice they choose their relationship will never be how it once was …show more content…
Telling her that he pretty much doesn’t want to have this baby, and saying “ It’s really an awfully simple operation Jig”. And she, won’t come right out and say how she feels because she doesn’t want to argue and knows that she has a different position on the unwanted pregnancy, instead she says “Then what will we do afterwards?” Jig is having to make a critical decision and trying please him at the same time yet he is trying to manipulate the situation. Rather, he is trying to get her to agree it’s the right thing to do. He sounds like he may even be trying to convince himself. That perhaps he’s not really sure, he may even be afraid of being a father. The ending of the story doesn’t say what ends up happening next. Just that she smiled at him across from the table as he asked if she felt better, and she said “ I feel fine, there’s nothing wrong with me.” As if she had made up her mind on what she was doing, or happy for his acceptance of when he said “But I don’t want you to do it if you don’t really want to.”
In conclusion, Two people with a common outlook on life can have very distinct views on a life changing experience. The decision can be a right or a wrong, it depends on what you believe in, and everyone doesn’t always look at something like this from the same view. As for some of us this could be a very critical situation to be in. Ernest Hemingway used several symbols in his story to represent new things,
As the two are sitting at a table outside of the train station, he (the America) orders two beers, Jig notices and points out the hills nearby look like white elephants “an unwanted gift”, giving the American and the idea that something is going on in their relationship that needs to be addressed. As the couple orders more drinks the American approaches Jig about having a simple operation done , in which they both have distinctive views on. He argues that it’s a “simple operation”, an abortion, but he doesn’t specify what kind of operation. Then goes on to tell her it’s more of just a procedure. The American then tries to explain that their relationship could go back to the way it was and they both could be happy again and have everything. The bartender gave them both the warning that the train would be coming in five minutes. After finishing their drinks and they walk back over to the station the American ask Jig if she feels better and she tells him she is just fine. Sensing that no matter what her choice is that whatever choice they choose their relationship will never be how it once was …show more content…
Telling her that he pretty much doesn’t want to have this baby, and saying “ It’s really an awfully simple operation Jig”. And she, won’t come right out and say how she feels because she doesn’t want to argue and knows that she has a different position on the unwanted pregnancy, instead she says “Then what will we do afterwards?” Jig is having to make a critical decision and trying please him at the same time yet he is trying to manipulate the situation. Rather, he is trying to get her to agree it’s the right thing to do. He sounds like he may even be trying to convince himself. That perhaps he’s not really sure, he may even be afraid of being a father. The ending of the story doesn’t say what ends up happening next. Just that she smiled at him across from the table as he asked if she felt better, and she said “ I feel fine, there’s nothing wrong with me.” As if she had made up her mind on what she was doing, or happy for his acceptance of when he said “But I don’t want you to do it if you don’t really want to.”
In conclusion, Two people with a common outlook on life can have very distinct views on a life changing experience. The decision can be a right or a wrong, it depends on what you believe in, and everyone doesn’t always look at something like this from the same view. As for some of us this could be a very critical situation to be in. Ernest Hemingway used several symbols in his story to represent new things,