Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'

The girl does not want to have the abortion; however, she wants to make her man happy because she has no other person she can rely on. The man wants their life to go back to normal, which is having sex and trying new drinks, however, the girl wants to settle down and start a family. The man does not want to lose his girlfriend because she is his source of fun; however, he does not want the baby and will do anything to try and talk her into having the

Which is making him more selfish and he does not to have any responsibilities. Also, the reader is also left with a great doubt, as there is no solution. Jig is a Spanish pregnant girl, and she is about to have an abortion. She seems young because she is depending on a careless man.

She does not want her lover to be with anyone other than herself, and she felt jealous even imagining her lover running in to the woman behind another door. “She had lost him, but who should have him” (5)? The princess cannot marry her lover, so she thinks if her lover cannot be hers, then she do not want anyone to have him. “How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady” (6)! The princess did not want her lover to open the door of the woman because she felt jealous even when she imagines their wedding.

As such, they avoid her, as if they fear her views will spread like a disease. Never taught to think for themselves, these people would rather avoid such change, and continue living their lives in mindless obedience of the social norm. They are unable to accept Queenie or the other two girls, merely because they are “unique in all aspects of their beings: walking, down the aisles, against the grain, going barefoot and in swimsuits, against the properly attired clientele” (“An Analysis of John Updike’s A&P”). Because the girls,

John Proctor’s affair with Abigail Williams, causes his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, to lose faith in him. As Elizabeth’s suspicion increases, so does his irritation. John’s annoyance and Elizabeth’s evident grudge is displayed through their language and tone with one another. In addition, their actions suggest their relationship lacks components needed for a healthy relationship–communication, trust, respect, etc. Being in an unhealthy relationship may not be obvious to those who are in it, but through one’s words and actions to the other, others can tell right

Mary believed that she could not; on her own ask for forgiveness of sins from the priest because she lacked adult vocabulary. She had committed a cardinal sin by having an affair with Graham she stole her happiness and killed her conscience by not coming to church for forgiveness of adultery. Mary as the rising action reaches its end goes through major changes in her life. She challenged Bernie’s advice which was that it was good decision for her to commit adultery, in response to Nick`s deeds. Mary’s decision to be against her friend’s advice forms part of physical conflict.

In the satirical novel Dealing with dragons by Patricia c.wrede. The main character cimorene is not a proper princess. She’s a brave,smart,and kind girl wants to do her own thing. Cimorene was justified in ignoring the special norms of medieval society because she simply wasn’t happy,she didn’t want to marry thendedil,and she was tired of hearing it simply wasn’t done. Cimorene was justified in ignoring the social norms of society because she simply wasn’t happy.

And therto comen of so lough a kynde,” and though the wife freely admits these things are true about her, they offer only alternative reasoning behind the knight’s fear of intimacy (1100-1). The unconscious reason for the knight’s reluctance to sleep with his wife is his attempt to

Those closest to her focus on the status of the man, such as her best friend Charlotte who accepts Mr. Collins “solely from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment” (Austen 120). Elizabeth, however, looks at a person’s demeanor and actions as well. Dissatisfied with society and Charlotte's irrational decisions, she confesses, “the more I see of the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of [...] the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense” (Austen 133). Elizabeth is significantly more wary about marriage than Charlotte and her sisters, and therefore she is unwilling to accept a proposal simply because it is expected of a women. Upon first meeting Darcy, she judges him to be arrogant and conceited.

White Elephants are symbolic for the child. The woman is conflicted, because this operation is taking away her unborn child—an apparent internal conflict. She asks the man numerous times, “"And if I do it you 'll be happy and things will be like they were and you 'll love me?" (Hemingway 3) The man is constantly reassuring his love and desire to be with her, but only her. When he speaks to the woman his manipulation of wording portrays the he’s concerned for her, but in reality he is pushing on his hidden agenda—having her go through with the operation.

The man believed “ It’s the only thing that’s made us unhappy” and that “I think it is the best thing to do” but the woman was just worried that the husband will still love her after the operation, if she would do it. After the two were disgusting this while drinking, the women was starting to have enough of the conversation it seemed and kept the man to stop talking. She wanted to the keep the baby while the person she was going to have the baby with didn’t want the same thing. During the whole conversation between the two of them, they never used the word abortion; they never wanted the people around them to understand what they were disgusting. The readers had to come to their own conclusion to the end of the story because it ended with the woman explaining that she felt fine

Another thing she does constantly is not let her brother do things alone. Jem would want to go do things alone, but Scout would say “no, I 'm comin’ with you”. Scout is a vital part of to Kill a Mockingbird not only because she is the point of view, but the book would be boring without her even as a supporting role. She is this prominent because of her personality and assertiveness.

It is widely known that a lack of communication within a relationship almost always puts a detrimental strain on it. In Ernest Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants, the narrative revolves around an unspoken conflict between a woman named Jig and her significant other, referred to as the American man. In the story, Jig and the American man are travelling in Spain. At a train station, they are talking about an “operation” (Hemingway 476) Jig is to have; one can infer they are talking about an abortion.

The main character within the story “ Hills Like White Elephants” is Jig. Jig is bothered with her own thoughts because she is trying to ease her conscience. She struggles to accomplish this so she is unknowingly using her conscious and subconscious to process the difficult decision of whether she should go through with abortion. She is constantly debating the thought of abortion throughout the story When in reality, she knows that she is going to have the abortion, but she expresses the complete opposite feeling externally.

in the essay " hills like White Elephant " the author uses a hesitant and confused tone to express and reaveal the complexities of loss. Earnest Hemingway show the primarily conversation between the American man and his girlfriend, neither of the speakers truly communicates with the other in agreement avoiding responsibility or blame . Both talk, but neither listens or understands the other’s point of view. Hemingway also used figurative languages and context clues that we can infer from the stories that jig the female has a very low self esteem when she said in page 477 "and if i do it you'll be happy and things will go back to like they were before " this show she is very insecure about her self she is less assertive and persuasive.