Hemingways Hills Like White El

Part I of Essay
“Hills Like White Elephants,” by Ernest Hemingway In Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants,” the two main characters, Jig and the unnamed American man, are at a train station in Spain trying to decide whether or not they (actually just ....

Part II of Essay
.... to be some tension between Jig and the American man. They speak to each other in short sentences and Jig starts getting sarcastic with her male companion (Hemingway doesn’t state whether they are married) when he says that he’s never seen white elephants. At first impression, seems like the lady is the antagonist. For most of the beginning of the story all they talk about is drinks. At one point Jig says “That’s all we do, isn’t it—look at things and try new drinks?”(445) These people must have ....