Jig

strong focus point of feminism and abortion. Through the development of the stories characters, and the ability for jig ,the women in the story, to make her own decision even though her boyfriend was really pushing for her not to get the abortion. This suggests a robust theme of feminism in the society that is manly dominated by men. “The personal evolution of the female protagonist, jig, can be divided into four major steps (Renner 1). The first revolves around the typical submissive and…

American man pretends to care for her (Jig) and is trying to manipulate her into having an abortion by sweet talking her, but Jig is still on the fence about it. The narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper” however lets her significant other make the decisions for her like forbidding her from doing any kind of activities like writing, all because she is suffering from a nervous disorder. In the following paragraphs,…

needs” (Holder, 153). Jigs character was staying true to the second description of Hemingway’s female character in the beginning of the story by agreeing to have the abortion if its what the man wanted, but now it appears that what she really wants is to have the child. The Americans inability to understand that when Jig is referring to the world she is talking about the baby, goes to show the characters two contrasting views of the unborn child, and the idea of abortion. Jigs annoyance with…

on their individual qualities. So what is right for one person might be completely wrong for the other. Similarly, “Hills Like White Elephants”, a short story by Ernest Hemingway, a character named Jig is going through a rough phase and it is up to her to make the right decision (Hemingway 330-332). Jig decides to keep the baby and this is made obvious through the setting, her actions, and dialogues throughout the text. Setting can create the mood and it symbolizes the problem the main…

As Jig and the American are sitting at the train station they attempt to have a conversation about the abortion; they are traveling to have performed in Madrid. Jig begins by saying “They look like white elephants,” (Hemingway p. 591) referring to the hills in the background. Though, the American does not seem to follow, judging by his comment “I’ve never seen one,” the man drank his beer (p. 591). Rather than clarifying her statement that she was talking about the unborn child, Jig just seems…

The title symbolizes the fact that Jig is pregnant. The analysis of the title is inferred by breaking it down. At first one may constitute the “white hills” as being part of the setting, a literal indication. In all actuality, the “hills” symbolize that Jig is pregnant. Her abdomen is growing and the hills are something they are trying to ignore. This is important because it brings the problem…

illegal in Spain until 1985. This means that what the couple was secretly discussing was not only immoral, but also illegal in this time period. Jig, whose ethnicity is unknown, is easily persuaded by the American man. Jig believes that if she has an abortion as the man wants, their relationship will go back to normal. Since they are in a public place Jig cannot start an argument as to whether or not she wants to keep the baby; because of this we are kept in the dark about Jig’s real feelings.…

nowhere to be found in the story, Hemingway uses themes, motifs and symbols to help the reader understand the meaning of the short story. At the beginning of this short story we meet our two main characters: The woman named Jig, and the man who has not…

abortion will free them to what they were before and Jig believes more realistic consideration of the choices and consequences. “Doubt and ambiguity” is another them that covered through the whole story, which the American is not careful of how he communicate with Jig, and Jig is only wondering if the American will continue to love and stay with…

public place was a train station somewhere near Ebro, which is a river in northern Spain, between Barcelona and Madrid. The couple is waiting for the train to Madrid at the bar and then the American man says to Jig, his girlfriend, “It’s really an awfully simple operation, Jig” (Mays 592). Then Jig replies by just looking at the ground (Mays 592). This shows that the couple is having a private conversation you would not typically discuss in a public setting in the 1920’s. At this time in the…