in Hills Like White Elephants is the white elephant, the elephant in the room, the railway station and the landscape. To start off, the ẁhite elephant usually symbolizes something that nobody wants or useless; which in this case would be the women`s baby which the American does not want. Relating this to an Jungian approach we can see how this relates to an anima because the American`s personality shines through of how he just wants to be single and doesn't want to be a father. The elephant in

In the short story, Hills Like White Elephants, by Ernest Hemingway the main character Jig pursued to make a decisive change in her life by making the right decision, whether to have an abortion or not, but she is unable to think clear because of her weak characteristic. Jig is undecided about what decision she should make. Even though she knows the possibilities, she has trouble letting go her old life style. Another important fact is that she suffers from low self-esteem that leads to her being

Agony Between Fascinating Ridge Hills like white elephant is a short story that was written by Ernest Hemingway in 1924 with two main characters; an American man and Jig. It all happened in Ebro, Spain where both of them are in a train station waiting for the train that heads to Madrid. The location is described as bounded by alluring fields, wonderful trees, and magnificent hills. Although the story do not contain a background information about the characters, reading their dialogues

In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants,” by Ernest Hemingway, there is a relationship unfolding, a complex relationship difficult to understand. The relationship reveals itself by a conversation between a man and a woman, a topic of conversation that people rarely discussed in the period that the story takes place. After researching interpretations, most of my findings resemble “She is pregnant, and he wants her to have an abortion” (Weeks 76), to which I agree that this conversation is about

In “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway, a man tries to persuade his presumed girlfriend to try and get an abortion. The girl has a brusque attitude towards the man and the subject. Her attitude is shown through her direct dialogue and her distracted body language. Throughout the short story, the girl often repeats simple phrases that leave no room for interpretation, giving off the sense that she does not enjoy the issue at hand and has little tolerance for it. At one point the man

Hills like White Elephants Most all Ernest Hemingway’s stories are similar to his life experiences. While writing “Hills like White Elephants”, Hemingway found out that his wife Hadley was pregnant with his second child. During this time, Heming was still having an affair with a lady name Pauline. In the short story “Hills like White Elephants” there is an American and a girl whose name is “Jig”. In this story it a way of showing his true feelings about Hadley’s pregnancy? Authors sometimes are telling

The story “Hills Like White Elephants” is a short story in which a man and his girlfriend have a discussion at while waiting for a train at the station. Though it is not specifically mentioned, one can conclude that discussion is about getting an abortion. It is obvious that the man wants it more than his girlfriend, which leads to the conflict of the story. They end up boarding the train without making the decision. It is worth noting that this short story has a degree of vagueness to it that most

“Hills like White Elephants” is a one of a kind short story written by Ernst Hemingway. In this story, he decides to use the third person objective point of view, which makes the plot both thought-provoking and confusing. One might ask, does the third person objective point of view make the story more interesting? First, in “Hills like White Elephants” Hemingway makes use of a third person limited narrator. Therefore, the narration is only limited to what the characters say and do. By not showing