Jig

The man often referred to as “the American” throughout the story serves as the character of interest due to his vague questioning of the woman, sometimes referred to as “Jig”, and overall tone which reflects sincerity and his sternness in his actions/voice. The conversation between the man and the woman heightens in tension, based upon them avoiding eye contact and their movements, while their conversation is masked in…

American business, focuses here on financial events and trends leading up to the stock market crash. Klein is a professor of history at the University of Rhode Island who uses this book to introduce the journey of 1920’s through his vision. “Marx, the jig is up!”. Something that Maury Klein makes…

The man seems to be attempting to convince the girl to have an operation that she seems hesitant to have. He says "It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig. It's not really an operation at all" (Hemmingway, 230). The girl remains silent so he continues "I know you won't mind it, Jig. It's really not anything. It's just to let the air in" (Hemmingway, 230). At this point in the story, one could ascertain that the man is talking about abortion. Mr. Hemmingway never comes…

Back to the dawn of mankind, people hunted and fished for food or survival. Today, these activities are becoming ¨sports.¨ For example, bass fishing and deer hunting can have many similarities along with numerous differences. Deer hunting and bass fishing resemble each other in many ways. Hunting and fishing supplied many people with a sufficient source of food back in the day. Now, since grocery stores came about, these two needs became a sort of ¨sport.¨ The comparisons can be amazingly…

In the hornpipe/ reels Queen of May/ Tom Dowd's Favourite/ Naughton's, the guitar started the tune with a small section of solo part. For the tune The Arra Mountains/ Hunting The Hare/ Petko, it is known as slip jigs/ horo. Kevin made the addition of overwhelming three part harmonies on the flute for the Petko set. It portrayed a different style of traditional music from Bulgaria. This set is taken from Breton piper Patrick Molard who learnt this tune from Petko…

Joshua Hendy Iron Works was a large equipment manufacturer since the gold rush days. Among many other pieces of heavy machinery, Hendy manufactured the large water cannons and pumps that were used for hydraulic mining in the Sierras. After getting shaken out of San Francisco by the 1906 Earthquake, the company settled in Sunnyvale. The once thriving company of over a thousand employees was barely afloat by the middle of the Great Depression with about 60 people employed. That all changed…

The first exponential reason among the classes of evidence for plate tectonics is the shape of many continents and how they look like separated pieces of a jig saw puzzle. Fossil Evidence is another reason supporting plate tectonics. Plants, animals and fossils have been collected around the world that have a direct correlation to one another. An example of this would be the cynognathus which was a land reptile…

Symbolism- The man and girl are at a crossroads waiting for their train to arrive. This symbolizes their relationship and that are at a crossroads on what to do next. They are trying to decide whether to take the same path or go in different directions. In other words, they cannot decide if should they make a unanimous decision or make their own choices. Foreshadowing- When the girl says "I don't care about me" it shows she has no true self-confidence. This and other degrading quotes such as "I…

Ernest Hemingway uses indirect characterization, which means that the characters personality or character shines through speech and actions. Thus, description of the characters is not provided. Obviously traditional characterization is not present, both of the characters are simply referred as ``the girl`` and ``the man``. So, the reader can assume through interactions that the girl is younger, and the man older. One reason for guessing that is that while she is referred as the girl, the…

Albert Einstein once said, “A woman is always right. But sometimes confused or may be misinformed or rude or stubborn or senseless or unchangeable about her opinions or even downright stupid at times but never wrong…. She is always right.” Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, examines how several characters in the play demonstrate misogyny. Hamlet, the protagonist, displays a negative behaviour towards women through the actions he takes. In the play, Hamlet exhibits disrespectful attitudes…