Jig

population has her relying heavily on American to help her communicate with others. This reliance where Jig is somewhat inferior to American in terms of communication adds to Americans’ dominating complex. According to Stanley Renner from Illionas State University, “Moving On the Girl’s Side of Hills Like White Elephants” believes that American is the dominating one in the relationship as Jig loves him too much to form an opinion on whether or not she wants to get an abortion. Stanley quotes,…

Jig mentions it by saying, “everything tastes of licorice. Especially all the things you’ve waited so long for, like absinthe” (Hemingway 553). Absinthe intoxicates someone much like the man intoxicates Jig. He alters her views, emotions, and decisions. She is chained to him much like an alcoholic is drawn to a drink. Author of “The Bittersweet Taste…

anonymous “American man” and a woman named “Jig” (Nagel, Literature Resource Center). In this story, “Hills Like White Elephants,” is mainly about two individuals who are in a troubled relationship. They have come to a “crossroad” in their relationship and the woman “Jig” seems to be the one who is realizing that they are at a “point of no return.” The location is a train station where the two are awaiting a train that will be taking them to Madrid (Spain), where “Jig” may be having an…

adventuring around the world. The freedom that the couple has will be gone forever if the couple happens to have the baby. This will be due to the couple having to take care for the baby and will not be able to travel around the world. The lifestyle that Jig and the American man is currently living is something they both enjoy a lot and they will not be able to continue their current lifestyle if a baby is born. The American man says, “No, it isn’t. And once they take it away, you never get it…

story is that men control and manipulate women in the relationship. Hemingway conveys this message through the relationship of Jig and “the American.” The relationship between them is that he is trying to convince the girl to get an operation which is an abortion so they don’t have to end their fun party traveling life. The story is about an American and a girl named Jig in which they are awaiting the train in Spain to take them to Madrid. The American and the girl talk about an operation in…

shifting the power structure towards the female. Modernism inspired writers, such as Hemingway, to search for new perspectives and styles of writing literature. “Hills Like White Elephants” is a noteworthy short story that features a young lady nicknamed Jig and an American man who are faced with a life choice that could change their lives forever. Ernest Hemingway lets the reader interpret parts of the story however he or she likes. For example, the story mentions an operation, but never said…

“Popular Mechanics” by Raymond Carver and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway deal with an important human issue in life. In Popular Mechanics the couple fights over their relationship and who keeps their baby. “In Hills Like White Elephants” the couple fights with each other about whether or not to have an abortion. The human issue in the stories is that couples should always communication in every situation in their daily life. However, the couple in these stories have…

see what many others have seen, I cannot look at it so factually. This work can be applied in such a far greater lens than abortion or the views of men and women towards each other. I see why this is about abortion, from the simple operation to how Jig asks if they both really will be happy after its complete. I see that there is a great deal to be said about how the interactions…

comes to making rational and important decisions. Some do take the time to think about making their important decision especially when it comes to a white elephant. In “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway presents a story of a girl named Jig, who has to make a decision at a train station before the train arrives. She is accompanied by an American man who pressures her to hurry and make her decision to get on the train when the train arrives. The theme of the story is not about…

female is referenced to as “Jig”. Jig looks at the hills and says they look like white elephants “The girl was looking off at the line of hills. They were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry. The look like white elephant”. The American then get aggravated with her statement. The male and female then proceed to drink more. The American brings up the topic of a “simple operation”. An operation that he would like Jig to do “I know you wouldn't mind it, Jig. It’s really not…