Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills like white Elephants" is about a young couple converstating about an abortion. Jig, the female character is being persuade by her boyfriend (the American) to go through with the operation, making it seem like it isn't a big deal. He states "I know you wouldn't mind it, Jig. Its really not anything. Its just to let the air in." Not so certain of what to do, she asks her boyfriend if he loves her and if she does go on with the operation, everthing will go back to normal as it was before.
Its seems that the boyfriend is not really interested in having a child because he keeps ordering more drinks for him and jig. We all know that drinks and pregrant women don't mix and no one seems to care. It's obvious from the text that the girl loves her boyfriend very much and if the boyfriend would keep on insisting that she have an abortion, the girl would probably do it. The girl believes that her love for her boyfriend would be an acceptable reason to have an abortion. However, deep inside her heart, the girl knows that she would rather not go through with the operation.
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Yes, but again, let's try to go beyond summary in the blogs.
Read esp. Richard's and Katharine's and Mike's blogs, and my comments on those and on others, esp. Eugenia's and ALina's
Also, check the Hemingway study sheet (see "Assignments" in Blackboard)
Look closely at contrasting image patterns, dialogue, the sparse style of the story, etc., to try to get at the tensions and conflicts--esp. those experienced by Jig.
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