What is the character Jig like in Ernest Hemingway's short story, "Hills Like White Elephants"?

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"Jig" is the name given to the
girl in 's "." The American, her
lover, calls her that toward the beginning
of the story, but Hemingway refers to her as
"the girl." This infantile
designation fits with Jig's generally uncertain, insecure,
anxious, dependent
personality.

Hemingway is notorious for writing passive

female characters, and while Jig is more nuanced than many of the author's heroines,
she's still
dependent on her male lover. She agonizes over whether or not to
have an abortion and worries
about the state of her relationship with the
American. Through her questions and...

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