Team: Zakia A. Zaharah S. Elizabeth M.-L.
HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS
'' Describe your feelings about the character''
In Hills like white elephant, two people discuss the matter of abortion: the American, a man we now very little about, and Jig, his partner, a young woman who, apparently, is pregnant. My favorite character of the story is Jig, She impresses me very much. She is, in her way of being and in the comments she adds to the story, the most interesting character. She seems to be evolving throughout the story. She seems to be, or she tries to evolve. In contrast with her partner, she wants more out of life than what she has and what she always wanted. She is bored of being what she is—a hedonistic girl, part of a couple she can’t even see a future to, and looks to what else there is to life, in the present case, maybe a child. She is bored, and you feel it in everything she says. By mentioning that everything she tries for the first time, everything she ever dreamed of doing and everything she used to take pleasure in, tastes like licorice, a common and flat taste, she is establishing that very emotion of boredom and is able to connect us to her. And just the character, without even considering the words she says, is an interesting character. Her name, Jig, is a slang word for sex which is quite relevant in the story as she first appears to us as a fun woman whose life revolves around pleasure. But, in the end, we realize that her longing for something more is deeper than anything else; she wants to start an adult life, she wants to be responsible. A quality I personally admire in a character.
HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS
'' Describe your feelings about the character''
In Hills like white elephant, two people discuss the matter of abortion: the American, a man we now very little about, and Jig, his partner, a young woman who, apparently, is pregnant. My favorite character of the story is Jig, She impresses me very much. She is, in her way of being and in the comments she adds to the story, the most interesting character. She seems to be evolving throughout the story. She seems to be, or she tries to evolve. In contrast with her partner, she wants more out of life than what she has and what she always wanted. She is bored of being what she is—a hedonistic girl, part of a couple she can’t even see a future to, and looks to what else there is to life, in the present case, maybe a child. She is bored, and you feel it in everything she says. By mentioning that everything she tries for the first time, everything she ever dreamed of doing and everything she used to take pleasure in, tastes like licorice, a common and flat taste, she is establishing that very emotion of boredom and is able to connect us to her. And just the character, without even considering the words she says, is an interesting character. Her name, Jig, is a slang word for sex which is quite relevant in the story as she first appears to us as a fun woman whose life revolves around pleasure. But, in the end, we realize that her longing for something more is deeper than anything else; she wants to start an adult life, she wants to be responsible. A quality I personally admire in a character.
Zakia Ahasniou
