Keep in
mind the era in which the story was written: the 1920s. Social mores were much more conservative
then, and there was little public or private aid for unwed pregnant women or single mothers.
Spain in the 1920s was strictly Roman Catholic, and the only acceptable options for Jig would
have been marriage or adoption.
Another issue is abandonment. The man is an
American, but is Jig? Does Hemingway tell us? Even if she persuades him to marry her, there is
the possibility that he may just leave her.
What kind of life would the
child have if the couple did marry and have the baby? Would the parents...
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