Hills Like White Elephants
A couple comes to a crossroads at a train station in Spain. They are both facing a tough decision in their futures. The man is known only as an American, and the young girl is known as Jig. Jig may refer to a derogatory term for black women. The man and the girl walk into a bar and have a conversation/ argument about something they never explicitly state. The girl states: “It tastes like liquorice,” and this statement may really how young she really is by Describing a beer as a candy.
Then the man tells her about the operation is really simple, and that he will stay with her the whole time. This suggests that this is something she is reluctant to do. He is insistent that the go thought with it but he doesn’t want to force her to do it. The girl might be pregnant and the operation their talking about might be an abortion. The man obviously doesn’t want the child, but doesn’t want to hurt his girlfriend’s feelings.
They wander from place to place in search of answers to their dilemma, wandering with no purpose but other than to try and escape from the issue that face.
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