Jig

the sense of eavesdropping on a private conversation between a couple in “Hills Like White Elephants.” This sense of eavesdropping allows readers to draw assumptions about the main characters – creating distance from the situation but sympathy for Jig. In “A Rose for Emily,” Faulkner builds up suspension by writing as if the narrator is conversing with the writer – not following the actual timeline of events. This suspension allows for a large shock at the end of the story, similar to how the…

“Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it” a quote by Rabindranath Tagore, summarizes the themes implemented in “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway, and “What we Talk About When we Talk About Love” by Raymond Carver. These two stories, contain a husband and wife who attempt to decipher the meaning of love. Hemingway’s characters do this subliminally, whereas Carver’s character’s discuss the meaning in a much broader fashion. Both authors have similar writing…

contrast between sorrow and joy.”(Weeks 75) The whiteness of the hills represents Jig being happy with the idea of having the baby and the blackness depicts sadness she would endure after having the abortion. In Eggers short story "After I was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned," he describes being pulled from the river in a man…

test monofilament. A spincast outfit is plenty good; even fly tackle in some specialized situations, a couple of which we will discuss later. Again, I stress the importance of small baits and light line. Many crappie fishermen use a 1/16th-ounce jig and two-pound monofilament line. But with line such as this you must know what you are doing. The problem is that crappies live in and near brush cover. If one grabs a bait and retreats back from where it came, you feel pretty helpless with that…

Feminists believe that women’s rights should be completely equal to those of men. Lois Tyson defines feminism as “...the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women”, In most modern day situations, women are capable and encouraged to make their own decisions. However, in past decades women have had to overcome many hardships in order to gain the same privileges as men. Nobel Prize winner…

young woman named Jig have an abortion, something she very explicitly does not want to discuss. Their interaction—from the way the way the man speaks patronizingly to Jig and how dismissive he is of her feelings—indicates who holds the power in not only relationships between men and women but also in society as a whole: men. This power is depicted by seemingly minor details such as his age advantage over her, shown through the diction used to describe them—he as “the man” and Jig only as “the…

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…

approach the moral dilemma of abortion. Immediately there is a dismissive tone set by “The American”. Jig is trying to engage in a meaningful conversation about the surroundings, specifically the hills resembling white elephants, a metaphor for the “elephant in the room” which is the negotiation of having an abortion. He seems hyper focused on what he just wants to discuss, which is try to convince Jig to have the operation, as he calls it, so they can move on. He doesn’t seem to care very…

film the main character, Jig, is seen by the bartender running into the restroom to vomit due to her pregnancy. In “Barn Burning,” it has a third person limited point of view as everything is seen through Sartoris’ eyes and how he thinks and feels about the situations his father puts himself in. The directors also sets both films in two locations; a train station between Barcelona and Madrid for “Hills Like White Elephants,” which represents the split decision of whether Jig should or should not…

The Reality of the American Dream America has been viewed as the “promise land” and the “land of opportunity” for many generations. America has built itself on the concept of opportunity, individualism, and self-reliance which are the factors that assembled the “American dream.” The American dream has fueled the aspirations of many. Many believed that through hard work and dedication, prosperity and success is achievable. Success varies from individual to individual depending on one’s own…