Jig

storytelling and the feelings and thoughts of the characters are not revealed directly. Each character can only be deciphered through their dialogues only. Their conversation might appear causal, but they reveal a sense of tension amongst the two characters, Jig a woman travelling with an American man. Hemingway casually mentioned a topic of serious concern amongst the two with limited information. There is lack of consensus and a silent conflict amongst the two, which is not clearly…

20th century American novelist and short story writer. The story starts out with a couple who is sitting outside of a train station in Spain. This short story is consisted of mostly dialogue between an American man and a woman who goes by the name Jig. The woman is apparently pregnant by the man. Throughout Hemingway 's short story, the author utilizes numerous symbols, metaphorical comparisons and beautiful diction in order to convey the struggle of decision between a man and woman with the…

Ernest Hemingway’s short story, ''Hills like White Elephants'', is about a couple traveling throughout Spain. The couple known as Jig, the woman and The American man, are set in a train station waiting upon the next train to Madrid. The story then transitions settings as they enter a bar where they drink beer and small talk while they wait. In this story, there is a form of communication being utilized by the couple, virtually through the use of codes, endeavoring not to speak on a certain…

In Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants, Jig, a pregnant girl with her American boyfriend’s baby, transitions from a carefree girl to the one with power in their relationship. As they wait for their train to Barcelona, Jig notices hills that “look like white elephants” (2). Hemingway uses the hills to symbolize a pregnant belly and the color white to represent the preciousness of…

today’s society. The two main characters in this story were the American and the girlfriend. We later find out the American calls her “Jig.” They both were waiting at a train station…

and Jig. The choice of the nickname Jig, along with the repetition of certain words such as “know” and “fine” stood out to me while reading the story. In addition to the word choice, the train never comes at the end of the story, leaving it open for interpretation. The O’Brian discusses these word choices in “Allusion, Word-Play, and the Central Conflict in Hemingway’s ‘Hills Like White Elephants’” used by Hemingway in “Hills Like White Elephants” play a huge part in the overall conflict…

with a common outlook on life can have very distinct views on a life changing experience. In his, Ernest Hemingways, simple, modern short story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, It starts off with the two characters,a couple. An American, and a girl, Jig, are having a few drinks at a train station, and end up discussing an operation as they wait for their train. Neither of them wants to come out and express his or her feelings, but making it clear nevertheless throughout the story. Ernest…

Writers and Artists have something in common, they both paint the pictures and have a meaning in their work. People interpret their work differently and come up with similar results. The setting in the story of Hills Like White Elephants can be interpreted many different ways expressing the meaning of Hemingway thoughts about the subject of abortion and the issues the characters had can be reach in different point of views. In the story of Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants, it was a…

must be one of the most interesting stories to analyze as it has so many hidden meanings that only an attentive reader can understand. In his story named Hills Like White Elephants, Ernest Hemmingway writes about an American man and his girlfriend Jig who are waiting for a train to Madrid, and while they are waiting, the couple has a conversation. However, what seems to be a normal dialogue at first glance, is actually a discussion about abortion. In the end, it becomes clear that she will abort…

attention and make sense of what is going on in the story. Having to examine and grasp the meaning of what is being said as the story unfolds challenges readers to be part of the story. Defining the subject of the conversation between the American and Jig is challenging if a reader has no knowledge about the procedure of abortion during that era, 1920s. “ ‘It’s really not anything. It’s just to let the air in.’ ” (Charters 476). The introduction of air into uterus through a catheter induces…