Similarities between Eveline and Hills like White Elephants by Ernest Hemmingway

The style of writing forgoes in-depth characters and background knowledge. However, Jig shows more emotional connections than the unnamed man in the story. Therefore compelling me to sympathize more with Jig, over the man. Evidence shows that Jig may wish to keep the baby she is carrying and is only going through with the mentioned abortion in order to please the man, shown in the exert “‘That’s the only thing that bothers us. It’s the only thing that’s made us unhappy.’… ‘So have I,’ said the girl. ‘And afterwards they were all so happy.’” along with “‘I know. But if I do it, then it will be nice again if I say things are like white elephants, and you’ll like it?’”. Jig also displays a subtle defiance to the man, which proves that there may be more problems than the story depicts. For example “‘I’ve never seen one,’ the man drank his beer. ‘No, you wouldn’t have.’” My sympathy with Jig is strongly cemented by the sentence “‘I feel fine,’ she said. ‘There’s nothing wrong with me. I feel fine.’” where Jig closes the story with a more sarcastic response to being well, making me believe that the girl has hit a limit to her willingness to please the

Both of these short novels told stories about couples with relationship issues. Both stories spoke of people with conflicting interests. In "Hills like White Elephants" the girl Jig, loved The American and wanted to have his child. I feel as if she might have seen the child as something that would strengthen her and The American’s bond. The only actual want or care the American seemed to portray was that he just wanted things to go back to normal between the two. To me it was as if he didn’t want any strings attached to the relations he was having with this girl. I felt as if Jig cared more about The American than he cared for her. I also think that if the American hadn’t said anything to Jig about having an abortion and simply allowed her to have the child; they would have more than likely ended up like the couple in Bobbie Ann Mason’s story, where they would run out of things to say and eventually end up parting ways because of either their different wants out of life or their conflicting views on issues would have kept getting in the way.  There were also various dissimilarities between the characters Leroy and Norma Jean in the story “Shiloh”.  In "Shiloh" the woman Norma is pushing herself to become a better person; she works out, goes to school and practices her music. Her husband enjoys sitting around, building models, and smoking weed. They were two people going

“Hills like White Elephants,” written by Ernest Hemingway is a short story about two characters and their’s turning and twisting arguments about an operation and also how the settings affect on both this characters perspective and attitude toward the abortion. The story begins at the train station somewhere in Spain where this couple waiting for a train to Madrid and discussing whether to keep baby or no. While in the stations, different events take place as highlighted by the author of the story where the girl explore surrounding of the train station and compare each thing with her situation such as the nearby rail tracks, trees, river, the hills, alcohol. On the other hand, the American responds by stating that he has never come across white elephants and refuse her perspective and shows his decision to not have a baby. The two characters continue ordering more drinks while having their discussion. In a nutshell, the story “Hills like White Elephants,” is a short story about a young girl name Jig and American man who waiting for a train and discussing about whether a girl have an abortion or no, based on abortion, there is a conflict of their relationship derived on the environmental setting of the short story.

Two partners; Jig and the American Man; traveled from Madrid, Spain to Barcelona in Ernest Hemingway’s short story, ‘Hills Like White Elephants’, taken place in the 1940s. While waiting for the train at a bar in the middle of a valley, the partners thought about their life together and their life to come. A big issue stands in the room as Jig is pregnant, and the American Man is desperately trying to convince her that an abortion is the right thing to do.

In both stories, the major underlying thematic base is the powerlessness and vulnerability the female characters have under the dominance of the men in their lives. In “Hills like White Elephants,” the girl, who we know as Jig, and her partner, known as the America, are discussing the possibility of an operation; the reader can infer this operation to be an abortion. Hemingway makes it a point to establish the dependence Jig has on the American by

Have you ever been forced to make a life altering decision? A decision where you much choose one option or the other? The short story Hills Like White Elephants depict a situation in which many, if not all readers can relate to at one point in their lives. The author Ernest Hemingway describes this scenario with a young couple who are at a crossroads in their life, and they are unsure of the future. The young couple are forced, but shying away from the rather large “white elephant in the room”, deciding to go through with having a child or an abortion. The theme in Hills Like White Elephants is expressed using typical thematic literary elements. Hemingway uses elements such as character, setting, conflict,

Hills like white elephants is a dialogue between a couple who seem to be having a problem. Hemingway’s techniques are unique; he uses little to no detail, metaphorical techniques and he states the problem in the story without actually stating it. The tone in the story is serious. No emotions or thoughts seem to be expressed throughout the story. It seems causal, as if it has been a topic of discussion for a while.

To sum up the plot of the story, an American and another woman are discussing their future together. The main focus of their conversation falls on the woman and how she is pregnant. Throughout the story The American continues to refer to an operation for his significant other to have; we conclude that Jig is with child. As the American is aggressive towards his partner having the operation, he represents society and the continuing pressure/down playing of abortion and the effects that take place afterwards. The American goes as far to say “’I know you wouldn’t mind it, Jig.

The story begins with a man known as the “American” and his girlfriend sitting at a table outside of a train station. The station is surrounded by hills, trees, and fields in Spain. The couple is waiting for the next train to Madrid. Throughout the story there is an inner conflict with the girl as well as an external conflict between the girl and the American. They speak of an operation that must be done for them to be happy together. This couple is at a critical point in their lives when they must decide whether or not to have an abortion. The train they are waiting for is an express train, which means once she gets on it there is no turning back. The girl views having the child as a blessing and

There have always been many heated discussions about women’s positions in society. Many believe that males are the dominant species and that women must obey their commands, this can be also referred to as the notion of patriarchy. It is morally wrong when one has to think of taking the life of a baby to make a man happy. The short story introduces, a girl named Jig and her older American lover that sit at a train station in a Spanish valley, varying from different emotions throughout their conversation to whether or not they should continue to Barcelona in order to abort their unborn baby. The American, views this operation as a resolution to their hardships, and attempts to persuade Jig that it is the correct thing to do. In a society where

“Hills Like White Elephants” takes place at a train station, overlooking the Ebro River, somewhere between Barcelona, Spain and Madrid, Spain. When reading this story one sometimes gets the feeling of Jig not being able to identify herself or not feeling worthy, she depends on The American Man to help mold her identity in a way. Jig seems rather boring and has a humdrum kind of persona. Jig and her partner obviously have some communication difficulties and it almost seems as if Jig tries to project this onto the setting because she sees no other way to express the dilemma.

Hemingway’s experiences in Europe during the war continued to affect him and a sense of isolation and loneliness. Hemingway saw Europe as a place where his characters could fulfill their own fates. He felt that because these American characters were immersed in Europeans, they sensed their American uniqueness more clearly and could be who they wanted to be. In "Hills Like White Elephants," Hemingway presents a youthful American couple reveling in that type of freedom and a conclusion of it because of the consequence of their dramatic circumstance. His incredible literary creations and his passionate outlook on life, makes him perhaps one of the most important American authors of his time and his literature legacy will live on

Like most stories, the women are mostly known for their vulnerability and being less powerful than men; this is one of the major comparisons between these two different works. In “Hills like White Elephants”, the foreign woman Jig, and her boyfriend the American, are contemplating on going through with an operation, seeking to be an abortion. Hemingway demonstrates to the reader hands on how much Jig depends a lot on the American. Since she couldn’t even order herself something to drink without him, let alone make such a difficult decision. The American, otherwise known as the more stronger character, knows exactly what he wants and sticks by his choice when filling the girl’s mind with promises of being happy and being able to go back to the way things used to be. Because of Hemingway’s “iceberg theory” distracts most of the

Second, the theme between these two stories are also on opposite spectrums. In “Hills Like White Elephants” the theme is that the couple, the American man and the girl, can not communicate well with each other, it is more of just talking and not really listening to what the other has to say. An instance of this occurring in “Hills Like White Elephants” is when the man articulates to the girl “We can have everything” (Hemingway, 125) and the girl says to him “No, we can’t” (Hemingway, 125) referring to how he has not made any real indication of wanting to be with her except in that moment, creating the illusion of disaster if a child were to grow up in this type of environment. However, in “The Grasshopper and The Bell Cricket” the theme that

The conversation between them begins as a thinly veiled, simple and shallow one, with each being quite sarcastic at times. With little or no emotion, the American tries to convince the girl that an abortion is the right choice for her to make, under the circumstances. When pressed for confirmation that he will continue to love her after such an operation, the American continuously stays uncommitted to anything except that the procedure is safe and should be her act of choice. The girl looks for any word or gesture that would symbolize real love or anything deeper than just a casual relationship between them, though finds none, so the apparent disappointment continues to prevail in her attitude. At one point he becomes very condescending "Come on back in the shade," he said. "You mustn't feel that way" (para. 83). The significance of this conflict is that the American really seems not to love the girl, though he tells her he does. He also repeats several times that she does not need to go through with the abortion, if she prefers not to, though he never commits to raising a child with her. This sets up conflict within herself emphasized by Jig declaring she will not care about herself any longer "Oh, yes. But I don't care about me. And I'll do it and then everything will be fine"