Its almost like they’re making fun of him for talking to her & she’s embarrassed. 6. How does the author emphasize Jin’s emotions? What other examples have you noticed from throughout the book? He’s not going to fight or make a big deal about it so he agrees but is secretly angry about it.
This gives you a visual of where they are and sets a tone for the story. (2) The conversation between The American and the girl he calls Jig, seem uneasy. You get the idea that there is something wrong. After tasting the drink the man orders, the girl comments on its taste and having to wait a lengthy time for something. The man’s response, “Oh cut it out,” supports the assumption that there is a problem in their relationship.
When it comes to symbolism, this story has plenty of it. One of the main symbolisms in the story is when Jig stares at the hills and comments on them. She says they look like white elephants. The phrase “Hills Like White Elephants” is symbolic of the pregnant Jigs belly. It’s also symbolic because the American views the couple’s unborn child as an approaching obstacle just like a hill.
The short descriptions of setting may not seem very detailed but combined with dialogues they tell us the true meaning of this three and a half page story. There is a couple waiting for the train. The American and his young girlfriend nicknamed Jig are sitting at a table in the shade, waiting for the train, talking and drinking beer. The whole story centres on a conversation over whether the girl should undergo an abortion or not. Although Hemingway never uses the words “abortion“ or “baby“, we can clearly tell that is all the characters are talking about.
“Hills Like White Elephants” is from a collection of short stories “Men Without Women” by Ernest Hemmingway. It was first published in 1927. The story is about a couple waiting for a train at the train station. The male character is referred as “the American” and his female companion as “the girl” and later “Jig”. The girl is pregnant and the man is trying to insist in a very artful way that she must go for an abortion.
“Awfully simple and not really anything.” He wants to keep the lifestyle that they have on track. The woman is frustrated and they continue to go back and forth about the child. Finally she says with sarcasm that she will have the
The constant use of "I" puts us right in the narrator’s head and allows us to empathize with her. Ironic Indirection If we took the narrator’s words at face value, we would believe that her husband is kind and loving, that she really is physically ill, and that women really do get trapped in wallpaper. All of this is questionable at best and mostly dead wrong. This is part of the fun of first person narration – you’re never quite sure if the narrator’s perceptions actually reflect what’s going on. The narrator's tone also clues us into her character – her uncertainty and hesitation at the start of the story, and her determination towards the
In comparison, the relationship with George and Curley’s wife is almost the opposite to his friendship with Candy, as there is no trust or ease between them. In fact, George acts very hostile towards here, perhaps out of routine as he is terrified that there will be a repeat of the weed incident, or perhaps just because of the warnings he has been given from the other men, so he knows not to get involved. Both Candy and Curley’s wife take an interest to Lennie, as he is just ‘like a big baby’, however for very different reasons. Candy is excited by these two men as firstly, it is unusual yet interesting for two men to travel together, and also they have brought him this opportunity of hope that he has been waiting for. Curley’s wife, on the other hand, only talks to lennie because she longs for attention, and someone to talk to, and she can trust Lennie as he is innocent and
By Curley’s wife talking to a mentally unstable person Lennie she seemed to take advantage of him by flirting a little bit with him. Lennie seems a little questionable by all that she was doing but he was going along with it until she says, “ I get lonely, you can talk to people but I can’t talk to nobody but curly” (Steinbeck, 87). This quote shows loneliness because even Lennie is having a hard time to communicate with Curley’s wife because she doesn’t seem confortable with him. As they keep talking Curley’s wife lets out all that she had hurting her inside to Lennie, she tells him everything because her husband never wanted to listen to her which made her loos her companionship. As Lennie keeps talking to her in his mind he feels that she is very confused into her self by this entire happening she gets herself into trouble.
The other side of the train station is green, luscious and fruitful like her womb if she reaches full term and gives birth to her child. The train station in other words is only a stopping point and not Jig’s final destination. When Jig describes the hills as white elephants, the reader understands that she is trying to make light of her situation with her boyfriend. She is trying to make something more interesting and significant than it really is. This clearly shows us how she feels with the lifestyle she is living with her boyfriend when she says, “That’s all we