... to each others disillusionment. Throughout the story the two are discussing their lives over drink. It seems like the couple are frequent drinkers as conveyed in the girl's the quote, "thats all we do, isn't it" referring to drinking all time every where they go. Alcohol abuse is consist with some people trying ... Alcohol is a mask for these characters which blinds them from the real truth of the matter. Furthermore alcohol adds to the false perceptions the man and girl have about life and each other. The characters produce an internal conflict with themselves by not being honest about ...

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... the American during their dialogue. Moreover, I want to refer to descriptions of nature, which appear throughout the text. At the beginning of they the girl, named Jig, and the American are waiting at a little station "between two lines of rails" (l.3) for the train going to Madrid. They ... states, that "it (the drink) tastes of licorice" (l.42), and the American just answers "That's the way with everything" (l.44). Thus, the girl's bitterness and disappointment about the relationship is expressed by the words "Yes, everything tastes of licorice" (l.45). The sentence goes on ("Especiall...

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... times, it seems to be a story that doesn't make much sense. The two main characters, the American man and his female companion referred to as "girl-, are having a conversation that supports this theory. Their conversation turns into a short, familiar argument, but one that isn't clear, even having read it ... little independence and heavily relied on men to sustain them. Individuality was rare and opinionated women were shunned. It is quite meaningful that the girl is given no identity other than her gender in this story whereas the man is immediately identified as "The American-. The hi...

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... is so fine, so delicate, so tender around with her lying cruel contender. No trace of thought, well what can you expect from the weaker gender.) The girl in the story "Hills like white Elephants", by Ernest Hemingway in the beginning seems to be very immature, almost an airhead, unconfident; a character without any character ... make all the decisions for her. She basically eat out of his hand. For example, she says: "What should we drink? Could we try it?" The girl could not even choose a drink she wanted without asking the American man. There was not a single trace of challenge in her ...

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... Once they were seated at the table the American said, "Let's drink beer." And the girl went a long with him knowing she was pregnant. The American did not want the girl to have the baby, and he made that clear by pressuring the girl. "It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig," "It's not really an operation at all ... , and figured that having a baby would maybe keep the two together. The girl only got pregnant to keep the American, but when the girl realized that the American did not want the baby the girl did not want to keep the baby. The girl made that pretty clear by describing t...

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... love you now. You know I love you"(Page 756), but I see that his love for her won't be the same if they have this baby. The girl, Jig, is very emotionally dependent on the American who is manipulating her. She does show bits of spirit and mature insights on her attitude towards her lover. The ... that needs much care for and is very delicate. I view white, as a pure color that is very delicate just like a baby is when it is born. The girl states that, "They don't really look like white elephants. I just meant the coloring of their skin through the trees,"(page 757) which I think she is ta...

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... of view on abortion. Actually, their conversation was about doing an abortion surgery or not which imply the different opinion of unexpected pregnancy. A young Spanish girl in the story who regarded pregnancy as a beautiful aspect of life, we can see that she described the fetus as "lovely hill". However, her lover ... he did not want to bear any additional responsibility and retained his freedom. Therefore, he tried to spread his philosophy of hedonism on sterile and persuaded the girl to do abortion. He kept emphasizing that abortion is not a complicated surgery. "It's not really an ope...

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... resemble the swell of a womb, and white elephants, representing an idiom of something useless and unwanted, which in this case is the fetus growing inside the girl. The plight is further complicated by the inability to convey their different opinions to each other. Rather to admit the fact that he doesn't want the responsibility ... she "wouldn't mind it it's the best thing to do" and "it's perfectly simple" and she doesn't "have to be afraid-. Each time he tells the girl he wants what she wants, he cares more about what he wants. "You've got to realize that I don't want you to do it if...

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... and a woman waiting at a train station talking about an issue that they never name. I believe this issue is abortion. In this paper I will prove that the girl in the story, who's name is Jig, finally decides to go ahead and have the baby even though the man, who does not have a name, wants her to ... he wants their relationship to be just like we were before (284). This suggests that the relationship has changed, as it would with a baby, if the girl has an abortion things will return to the same as before the pregnancy. We don't know what the couple acted like before the pregnancy, howev...

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... was illegal in the United States. Besides, he unveiled the way doctors are among them, and the real existence of a medical society. The story starts when a girl from a family of prominent doctors bled to death in a hospital after an illegal abortion. In the Boston medical society there is a gynecologist known among doctors to perform ... abortions, Dr. Lee. He is accused by the mother of the girl, jailed and sent to trial. A friend of his, also a doctor named John Berry, confident in the innocence of his friend, risks his own career to prove ... of unexpected twists. It describes how Dr...

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... hillsides, and a railroad station between two tracks. The beer represents the couple's, "the American" and "the girl's", usual routine activity they do together. This bothers the girl because "that's all we do, isn't it looks at things and try new drinks." This shows that the girl is tired of doing the same thing and wants to do something different, like having a baby and ... a family, instead of fooling around all the time. She wants to stop being a girl and become a woman. Hemingway then presents the reader with two contrasting hills. One hill on one side of the station is dull, desol...

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... please her husband. This is a very big sign of inferiority and being manipulated by her husband. She cares more about his happiness than hers. Finally, the girl has no confidence in herself and does not consider herself as someone important: 'I don't care about me'. On the contrary, the man is very forceful and ... if you don't want to you don't have to. I wouldn't have you do it if you didn't want to. But I know it's perfectly simple' The girl is so fed up of hearing his persistent comments that she says: 'Would you please please please...stop talking'. She feels overwhelmed and power...

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... like raindrops. I was 15 at the time when I found out I was pregnant. Patches of somber gray clouds clogged up my ever so perfect haven. I was a girl with ambition; I was a girl with faith; I was a girl with ideals; I was a girl, that made a mistake that evaporated my aspirations in the endless opportunities of hope. I was lost, confused and alone. My well-educated conservative Asian parents disowned me ... ...

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... of teenage girls ages 13-16 and asked them, "How did your parents approach you with the subject of sex?" Their responses were pretty much the same except for one girl. Four out of the five girls said their mothers was the one who gave them the talk and all they could remember was their mother telling them "Just don't have ... sex". They also expressed that usually the conversation of sex came up when they had expressed an interest in a boy. The one girl had her sex talk given to her by her dad. It was amazing because her outlook on the sex talk was different then the other girls. She st...

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... who delay childbearing to go on to college. The reason for drop out is that some of the family members make them feel ashamed, telling the girl that she is a disgrace to the family. Sometime the girl might not have the proper clothes, shoes, and even money to buy her the things that she need. Girls could be belittled by the baby ... 's father who may be young as well. Another reason a teen girl would drop out of school is, she may have sickness that causes her to not be able to function properly in her studies. In some cases teens and parents are ... ...

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... them the right to go and kill someone, or harass them till they fear for the safety of their family? In Scotland the Roman Catholic Church offered a 12yr old pregnant girl money in the attempt to prevent her from having an abortion. She was advised by her teachers and a social worker to terminate the pregnancy mainly because of her age and ... for babies is tantamount to bribery.....and it stinks to high heaven". But Monsignor Tom Conelly a spokeperson for the Catholic Church in Scotland said that the church's offer gives the girl "real choice, so the child in the womb does not suffer a...

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On the surface of Ernest Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants the reader sees a story about a American man trying to convince the girl he is with to have an abortion. However, with the use of symbolism, point of view, and setting, one is able to see a deeper meaning; a meaning that involves how dependant ... to help the perceptive reader to see the deeper meaning. The story starts out in a train station in Italy near the Ebro, where there are choices to be made. The girl sees a life of happiness when she looks at the other side of the Ebro and sees fields of grain and tree's representing g...

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... , however I believe that if it is used in conjunction with other theories and views, it could be effective and help lead to the "right" decision. For example, a fourteen year old girl suffering from a severe brain tumor and is suffering immense pain and there is clearly no way of curing her condition or even improving it, her future is likely to be ... prevent natural death, yet force her to live through such pain and misery? However this situation is far more complicated than one would initially assess. Consider the implications of the girl's parents having very strong views on Christia...

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... be born no matter what the circumstances. It might be morally right at the time, but what about in the long run? If a baby is born to a seventeen-year old girl who was forced to have it against her will, how well will that child really be raised? The mother didn't want it, and how is she going to like it ... her and the child's life. This baby now grows up poor, in a bad neighborhood, has no father, and has a bad relationship with its mother. If abortion was legal, the young girl would have her life handed back to her in five minutes, she could learn from her mistakes, finish school, ge...

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... theirs. For example, people who are Pro Life will argue that abortion is considered as murder and those that are Pro Choice will argue that abortion is fine when the girl gets raped because she did not choose to get pregnant. Everyday, a child who is not even born yet is facing whether he or she will be born or not. Almost ... do to prevent pregnancies. Most people say that condoms rip easily but condoms are not the only things you can use for protected sex. There's pills girls can take or girl "condoms" called NuvaRings. Last but not least, you and your partner can talk about what coul...

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... into a baby, a child, and an old man, aided by time, nutrition, and a suitable environment. It is determined at that very moment of conception whether the baby will be a boy or a girl; which of his parents he will look like; what blood type he will have. His whole heritage is forever fixed. Look at a human being eight weeks after conception and you ... and every person who can tell the difference between a man and a woman, will be able to look at the fetus and tell whether it is a baby boy or a girl. It has been suggested that abortion on request would enable the poor to secure abortion...

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... into a baby, a child, and an old man, aided by time, nutrition, and a suitable environment. It is determined at that very moment of conception whether the baby will be a boy or a girl; which of his parents he will look like; what blood type he will have. His whole heritage is forever fixed. Look at a human being eight weeks after conception and you ... and every person who can tell the difference between a man and a woman, will be able to look at the fetus and tell whether it is a baby boy or a girl. It has been suggested that abortion on request would enable the poor to secure abortion...

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... to be with her. Men think that she is attractive, and stare at her as if she was the most beautiful girl on the planet. We all know that this isn't true since in today's society, men want a well shaped bodied girl. In "She Understands Me," Clifton explains how she reproduced herself by having a baby, "The thing drops out of its box ... ...

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... into a baby, a child, and then an old man, is time, nutrition and a suitable environment. It is determined at that very moment of conception whether the baby will be a boy or a girl, which of his parents he will look like, and what blood type he will have. His whole life is already fixed. He is just ready to be brought into this ... 8 weeks after conception and everyone can tell the difference between a man and a woman, and will be able to look at the fetus and tell whether it is a baby boy or a girl. It is said that a fetus is not just another part of a women's body like an appendix. T...

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... portrait of a relationship at the point of dissolution. It's a picture of two people who are at the brink of a decision that will effect the rest of their lives. To the girl, the decision will be life altering. To the man, the decision is simple. However, for one of them this decision will mean a new found freedom; for the other it will ... is. They have been happy up until now; if they get rid of the baby he feels they will be happy once again. As the couple discusses their situation, the girl begins to distract herself by focusing on lush scenery. Even though she is unsure if she want...

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