Hills Like White Elephants Conflict Essay

Never listening: Conflict In “Hills Like White Elephants” Communication is the key to any relationship and allows for people to understand each other. It’s a skill that expresses emotion. Images, and information; without it the entire person suffers. In his story “Hills Like White Elephants,” Ernest Hemingway shows how the person truly never listens to one another. In the story, the American and the Girl who is called “Jig” by the American man are sitting outside a Spanish Café station waiting for the train to take them to Madrid. While waiting inside the Café they order some drinks and discuss about something which is not named. The girl starts commenting how the hills look like white elephants which then leads the American to start talking. The American begins talking about the operation and making it sound like a simple operation. This makes the girl communicate what she thinks about the operation, but it

While the girl tries giving subtle hints how she doesn’t want to have the operation the American doesn’t listen to what she is saying. Ernest shows the conflict of communication between the couple which is nonexistent, and when talking to the other they do not listen with true intention of understanding, which makes itself evident in their lives. Jig and the American man’s conversation shows their strained relationship shows that neither one is really listening to the other. While at the Café they order a beer and start having a conversation. Jig brings up a comment “They’re lovely hills,” but the American just enjoys his beer. When the girl tries talking they just end up drinking which shows the lack of trust and elaborates that they can’t even talk for a short time. Also, when they talk about the operation the American says “It’s really an awfully simple operation, Jig” and says that he will be there for her the whole time but Jig questions “what