This story was quite interesting. At first, i had a difficult time understanding exactly what it was about. The boyfriend wants his girlfriend to have an abortion. It seems like gender roles play a big role here as well, where the man is telling the woman what to do instead of it being a topic of discussion where they both have a say. I think that he forces his will on her and doesn't really let her make a decision.
I found Hemmingway's use of language to be interesting as well. expressing good things and bad things with images of nature- dark being something bad, and trees and light; one side of the track as opposed to the other side of the track. he used other words to explain simplistic ideas, which happened to be confusing to me the first time i read. once i read it again, i found his writing to be more poetic and symbolic and really nice.
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He has a very unique style of writing... where something so simple can have such a deep meaning.... i too was a bit confused at first but reread it a few times and kept discovering more and more things i didnt notice before in relationship to the main theme.
I was also confused the first couple of times reading this. Gender roles do play a major role. Her boyfriend seems so self centered even though he tries to make her feel otherwise by telling her he wouldn't make her do something she doesn't want to do.
Overall I think Hemingway was presenting a lesson to be learned, go with your own heart and not others.
I'd like you to elaborate more on the last two sentences of your second par.--interesting distinction. And, yes--good literature is always worth a reareading (or 2, 3...)
The imagery does play a large role in the story, probably as important as what's said/not said, in interpreting Jig's conflict
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