symbol of an American man wanting his lady Jig, to have an abortion. They begin the story sitting at a table in the shade, facing the light, and as Jig tried to change her mind the American man drew her back in. Hemingway had the American man state the word shade as a connection towards him. The American man said, “Come…
The jig is a form of lively folk dance in compound meter, as well as the accompanying dance tune. In Hills Like White Elephants, jig can symbolize the fact that Ernest Hemingway dances around the topic of Jig being pregnant and deciding on whether or not to get an abortion. Another thing that the name Jig might be symbolic of is a jigsaw. A jigsaw is a tool that one uses to build things. Jig can be compared to a jigsaw because she is often seen as…
reading the story you can assume that the elephant in the room is abortion. At the end of the story Jig seems okay with her decision and the choice she wants to make. Ernest Hemingway was a young man when he wrote this story, and empathized with women’s plight in a time when women were confined to traditional roles. More women need to be like Jig, who took one small…
the complete control over their own bodies. In Hemingway's "Hills like White Elephants," an unidentified man attempts to sway his girlfriend, Jig, to have an abortion. The American man, whom jig is financially, and emotionally dependent on insists on letting Jig make the decision about her own body yet does not fail to give his respected opinion. While Jig does not seem to be willing to give up her child, she is aware of the dependency and realizes if she does not go along with the abortion,…
White Elephants”; however, Hemingway does not directly tell what the characters want but show their stakes through the subtexts. The man says to Jig that “It’s really an awfully simple operation, Jig… It’s not really an operation at all”; the man tries to convince Jig to abort by impressing an abortion is not risky as Jig thinks (Hemingway 591). However, Jig does not say anything after the man brings the topic of abortion; her silence implies that she does not want to talk about it. However, the…
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. As you read the discussion between American and Jig you may not realize the descriptive language that deals directly with abortion. Not once is the term…
might ask what kind of relationship is there between Jig and The American? I believe that their relationship is in trouble. The emotional discord between Jig and The American is tearing them apart. They each seem to desire something that conflicts with the others wishes, which weakens their relationship. Jig does not want the abortion, as it is implied, but it seems as though The American would like for her to have one. As the story goes on, Jig talks about white elephants which represent…
In the story he is only referred to as “the man” or “the American.” The man is the one who starts the argument by ignoring Jigs white elephant remark and bringing forward the abortion. Hemingway portrays the man as being very selfish in trying to force the abortion on Jig. When he says, “I’m perfectly willing to go through with it if it means anything to you,” he’s pretty much telling her that he will put up with the baby but has no care for the…
Weatherall seems to keep remembering one guy in particular who left her at the altar. On the other side, in “The Hills like White Elephants,” Jig is the protagonist who is facing a very hard decision in whether or not to keep her baby or to abort the unborn…
the reader questions if a man and Jig, a woman, decide to either have an abortion or marry. In the early 1900’s, adoption and single parenthood were not viable options, restricting the couple’s options to abortion or marriage. The story begins with Jig’s statement that she does not want an abortion and wants to be together as a family. The man, however, is against this idea and states he is happy with only the two of them. The story ends with…