Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

Does Jig finally agree to abort the baby?

from Ernest Hamingway's Hill like white elephants

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It is not clearly stated but we can infer that she is not going to go through with it. The American, as scholars have noted, clearly wants Jig to say she wants the operation in order to absolve himself of blame, and Jig clearly refuses to give her partner that satisfaction.