The girl retracts her statement, and states, of course, the mountains do not really look like white elephants only "their skin through the trees” (Hemingway 98). At this point in the story it seems as if Jig is willing to do whatever it takes for his approval and affection. However, the man clearly has no interest in the baby declaring in reference to the procedure, "I don't want anyone else. And I know it's perfectly simple” (Hemingway 98). This represents the man’s lack of concern for Jig’s feelings.
Julia loves watching the worms and is upset when they quit moving. Then she realizes that they are molting. Julia’s mom agrees to let her spend a bit longer time at Mr. Dixon’s, but Julia continues to have questions in her mind about prejudice and racism. Patrick refuses to hold the worms, and Julia finds out he is afraid of them. She finds that hard to believe because boys aren’t supposed to be scared of crawly things, and Patrick had wanted to do this project.
In addition, Eric who complimented Mant could have only been trying to be pleasant to her. “I don’t like the responsibility of having a base.” She does not like to work a bit more to win and gives the job to someone else; spoiled! Plus, during the entire canoe ride with her and the narrator, Mant did not even once ever consider helping the narrator with all the back-breaking work. “My legs are sore. Are we there yet?” There is now way she could sore, primarily due to the fact that she did absolutely no physical work during the ride.
Most stories pull the reader in with their fancy words and descriptive scenes, but Hemingway doesn’t use descriptive words. When you first read “Hills Like White Elephants” it’s seem like an ordinary conversation, but after reading it again you realize that the story is hidden in the dialog. In “Hills Like White Elephants” Hemingway brings the reader in by using dialog to reveal the inferences in the story, the emotions that Jig and the American feel, he also leaves the reader to make their own judgments about the characters. “‘They look like white elephants,’ she said,” Hemingway implies that there’s an elephant in the room, or at least there’s an elephant sitting between the American man and the girl called Jig (9, Hemingway). This elephant
Since she is the only woman on the ranch, she is set apart from the others. Curley, her own husband ignores her. He does not regard his wife as a person needing love and companionship, but rather as an object which can be put aside, pushed around. Instead of being attentive to his wife, Curley is frequently going out with “the boys” to a whorehouse. Curley’s wife has no love for her husband and wished to leave him, but her final escape route is blocked since her father is deceased and her mother doesn’t want her.
One man suggests, “She is so devoid of introspection and reflection that, at one point, Montag discovers that she cannot even remember how they met (Brown). It is suggested that she is a temptress. Another review states, “Instead of merely seducing the male protagonist out of his earthly paradise, she charms him into seeing it in a new manner” (Grossman). She tries to convince Montag that he is sick from reading books. There is no room for books in her life, and she ends up turning Montag in to the authorities.
I used to admire her, but I downright respect her now” (126). Addie, on Cora's self-righteous arrogance: "Like Cora, who could never even cook” (166). Armstid: "A man aint so different from a horse or a mule, come long come short, except a mule or a horse has got a little more sense” (176). MacGowan, to his fellow clerk when Dewey Dell enters the store: "I'm going into conference” (233). Consider also the following descriptions: Of Jewel, exhausted from working around the clock, falling asleep while milking the cow, "his hands up to his wrists in the milk and his head against the cow's flank” (122); and at the table, "going to sleep in his plate, with a piece of bread halfway to his mouth and his jaws still chewing” (123).
Which creates the entire plot of the movie, Jason figuring out how his mother died and the controversy over him placing his father's ashes on his mothers grave. The short story also did not go into detail about any characters. It was the type of short story where there were no main characters, but the main character were the entire town as a whole, because they all believed the same things about the lottery and continuing tradition. The movie went into great detail of many characters, and made each of their traits obvious. It was more developed and had more of a story to it.
According to Hughes: “The boy wanted to say something more than “Thank you Ma’m” to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but although his lips moved, he couldn’t even say that as he turned at the foot of the barren stoop and looked up at the large woman in the door. Then she shut the door.” (Hughes, 392). According to Stuart: “We stood silently for a minute at the broad, smooth track Old Ben had left in the sand.” (Stuart, 93). With this evidence, the story “Old Ben” make the readers question and form theories about Old Ben, but the story, “Thank You M’am”, has the opposite effect. My second difference is that the story “Old Ben” includes a family whereas Mrs. Jones lives alone.
Roy bites her, and she bites him, this salty experience helps preserve her and makes her able to step out of the dream world. “I felt warm and simple. Nothing could ever happen to me while I was holding hands with him, and when he let go I would have the number that ended in four. I’d wanted a number like this my whole life.” (Lines 106-109) After getting home from the flight, the protagonist finds herself flirting with the emptiness of the center of the room. She just stands there strategizing her next move which is not to move.