Also, her lack of intelligence has left her with no job and an inability to get a job. In the story, there are many reasons contributing to Jean’s feeling of emptiness and difficulty in her life. To begin, her husband, Ross feels as though he has married beneath himself, and he does not love her anymore. Their marriage was most likely caused by Jean getting pregnant with their son, which made Ross feel like he had to marry her out of force. In the story, Ross specifically tells their son, Kevin that he should try not to marry beneath himself because he will end up stuck in the same situation as him.
Jig remarks the hills in the distance look like white elephants; he says he’s never seen one. Her comeback to him seems sarcastic. They order Anis del Toro to drink after they see it painted on the bamboo curtain, which tastes like licorice. Jig makes a snide remark that he’s waited so long for absinthe, a drink that tastes like licorice and is known to cause miscarriage. The man goes on to try and convince her an abortion is a very simple operation and that they would be happy again once it was over.
It is seen when Lewis is introduced, his views on love are very similar to that of his girlfriend Lucy and best friend Nick. He does not hold much value on fidelity due to the importance of the Vietnam War in his life. Lewis expresses to the patients that “love is not so important nowadays.” It is through the play itself, “Cosi Fan Tutte: Women are like that”, a play about “test[ing]..girls fidelity”, that Lewis reevaluates his opinions and values and learns to form his own. Lewis changes to having a more traditional view on romance and is able to accept that it is important in relationships. This change in Lewis is apparent when he describes the opera as being about “important things, like love and fidelity” and when he reacts genuinely hurt to when he discovers that his girlfriend Lucy has been having sex with Nick.
The narrator says she is nervous around her own son. * John almost gives in and repapers the room, but decides the narrator would then demand all sorts of other changes. * The narrator says she is becoming fonder of the room, except for the horrible wallpaper. * She gives us an overview of the view from her window. * The narrator wishes she could spend time as a writer, but resolves not to think about it.
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.
I oughta go down and say hello to her, at least” (32). It is obvious that Holden has some interest in Jane and that she may have some interest in him but Holden can’t even bring himself to go say hello to her. Throughout the rest of the novel, Holden reminisces about Jane and is often tempted to call her and go on a date with her but often finds excuses not to call her. A similar situation is had with Sally Hayes. At first, despite his constant urge to call people and communicate with them, he resists calling Sally because her mom doesn’t like him.
The male character is dominant, defensive and hypocritical and the female character is pendent and is incapable of voting for her decision. In the story the man persistently tells her to abort the child but never uses the word abortion. He keeps on giving more like hypnotic suggestions that she must abort the child because it’s a very simple operation. He is hypocritical because he keeps on saying – “But I don’t want you to do if you didn’t want to”. He says that he doesn’t need a baby in their life - “That’s the only thing that bothers us.
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.
Ernest Hemingway fills his story “ Hills Like Whie Elephants” with an assortment of symbols, foreshadows, and visual imagery, that helps represent the conflict of the story. Hemingway uses the scenery “on this side there was no shade and now trees” (Hemingway,1927) then quickly goes to another symbol “between two lies of rails in the sun” (Hemingway, 1927). The lack of shade and two separate tracks symbolizes the couple’s dilemmas and the divide between the two choices they must choose. The visual imagery in this story is simple to understand but its left incomplete. In the story it’s said “hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white” (Hemingway, 1927).
The urge of producing offspring elevates the moment he realizes the female he is with won’t satisfy him. I believe that this is the first time that Nathanial had the first thought of betrayal, due of the fact that he didn’t talk with Marie about what he really felt at the moment, making this situation the beginning of disloyalty story. After Dr Ziss suggest the idea of hiring a surrogate Mother as a solution for the problem, everything was just about to change. Wendy was the surrogate mother that the doctor had suggested. She was just a medical student that decided to have some money for college under anyway.