Hills like white elephants

Title: Hills like white elephants
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Hills like white elephants

Patrick Burchett Mrs.Pae "Jig vs. the American" In Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants' the girl (Jig) and the American man are discussing the possibility of Jig, getting an abortion. The reader feels that Hemingway uses "Hills" as a pregnant woman's stomach and the "White Elephants" as unwanted gifts; for the title. Jig decides not to go through with the abortion in this story. This is shown through the choices they have to choose …showed first 75 words of 1341 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1341 total…the abortion and the American finally realizing her feelings that they decide not to have the abortion. Works Cited Renner, Stanley. "Moving to the Girl's Side of 'Hills Like White Elephants.'" The Hemingway Review 15.1 (1995): 27-41. Lanier, Doris. "The Bittersweet Taste of Absinthe: Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants.'" Studies in Short Fiction 26.3 (1989): 279-88. Passey, Laurie. "Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants.'" Explicator 46.4 (1988): 32-33 Urgo, Joseph R. "Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants.'" Explicator 46.3 (1988): 35-37. Consigny, Scott. "Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants.'" Explicator 45.5 (1986): 54-55.

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