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.
You know how I get when I worry,” as if to make her understand his actions through a simple guilt of him worrying (59, Hemingway). He gives no comfort to Jig, no actions are done to help her through what she’s going through. Hemingway writes a great story in dialog, leaving it up to the reader to make inferences based on the facts given so that they can figure out the story and the characters. The reader infers that Jig and the American’s relationship has come to an end and that Jig and the American don’t want the same things in life. The reader also infers that Jig may at first appear helpless but later she reveals that she’s ready to make her own decision.
But other people have the contrasting belief that name should not be changed. If we look closely at how the author defines herself, we discover that a last name should be kept for one’s whole life. Love cannot be replaced if a woman doesn’t change her name. “A wise friend who finds herself in
Define observation and inference. After careful reading of Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”, it is very clear what it’s purpose is. The story takes place in the Ebro River valley of Spain, where an American man and his female companion Jig are waiting for a train and having drinks discussing “doing it”. Obviously, by “doing it”, they’re referring to whether or not they should have an abortion. At the end of the story, we can only assume that they decide to go through with the abortion, when Jig tells the American male “I don’t care about me.” The man goes and haves a drink by himself and return to his companion.
The theme of the story is what the author wants the reader to learn and take away from what he/she has written. “The Pedestrian”, “There Will Come Soft Rains”, and “Harrison Bergeron” are three dystopian fiction short stories that deal with the author’s thoughts and fears on technology and individuality. “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury is a short- dystopian fiction story about Mr. Mead, a writer who takes long- nightly walks around the city he lives in, instead of being engrossed by the television like the rest of society. He is interrupted and questioned one night by the one remaining police car in the city and, after giving what the police
Thesis: • Hemingway uses numerous symbols, such as white elephants, the hills, the valley, how simple the operation is, the luggage, and time, in order to demonstrate the huge commitment Jig and the Man must make about the “operation”/abortion. Intro: include the title, and the author • The story, Hills Like White Elephants, describes an experience between a man and a girl named Jig, in the valley of Ebro at a train station. While waiting for the train, the man and Jig discuss numerous things, what should they drink, what the hills look like, but the most important topic they discuss is about a certain “operation”. Hemingway, the author of the story, uses numerous symbols in the story to help the reader better understand the huge dilemma this “operation” will or may cause to both the man and Jig. Section 1: • Topic Sentence: o After only reading the title and the first paragraph, the idea that both the hills and white elephants appear to be symbolizing a certain choice involving something precious yet burdensome.
A round of beer to start, then Anis de Toro (a strong liquor). A set of train tracks runs on each side of the train station. The train that they are waiting for that goes to Madrid will arrive in forty minutes on the other side of the building. In front of them the scene is flat and dry. There are not any trees in sight only two distant hills and the woman refers to them as white elephants.
“In modern narrative, it is not so much what story is told, but the way it is told that captivates the reader.” This statement is true of Ernest Hemingway’s writing style used in his novels. An example of this is in his novel The Sun Also Rises. His unique writing style sparked reader’s interests from the beginning of his career in the 1920s. His simple and direct prose complemented by the use of short and factual sentences and his repetitive dialogue demanded that readers look beyond the surface. Hemingway termed this technique as the Iceberg Theory.
“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.
The Decision to Grow Up In Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants,” we are shown how fragile a relationship between two lovers is once reality sets in. Hemingway puts us at a “train station between two sets of tracks in the sun.” The sun seems to represent reality and the bright light of day that we are all faced with at some point in our lives. The man chooses to sit in the warm shadow of the building, perhaps to block out the light of the reality that he and Jig are facing, the choice of how to handle this unwanted pregnancy. At this train station there is a bar and when alcohol is mixed with the shadows the man is able to find comfort from the sun and the ever-present choice that he must deal with in the event that Jig chooses to keep the baby. Jig is referred to as a girl, but she is in fact a young woman faced with the problem many young women find themselves faced with.