Sunday, October 19, 2008

Hemingway IS just as depressing..damn

Ok so I'm not exactly pro-abortion, but let me just say--WAY better option than infantcide! The American and the girl. Right from the start Hemingway is letting us know that these are two totally different people from different walks of life. It seems that Jig is having second thoughts but wants to make everyone else happy. I like the way this was written in almost all dialogue. Rather than seeing their actions and hearing their thoughts, I felt like an observer eavesdropping or a fly on the wall. As a reader we have to infer things which are open to interrpretation. I think Jig is also in denial of sorts. She states there is nothing wrong and she is fine. She is in a state of depression. F.I.N.E. means f**cked up, insecure, neurotic, and emotional. Her boyfriend is trying to be optimistic and she is completely negative saying, "It isn't ours anymore". While it never says Jig is pregnant or having an abortion it is easy to see that is what is going on by what is said in the dialogue between them. I also found it interesting that he didn't have a name, almost like he wasn't really that important.

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