Week 5
5) Life Choice: Should I Stay or Should I Go? [Categories: Life Choice, Making Connections]: Please complete the following:
Introduction After reading along to the short story Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway) I had to decipher the meaning of the story, where a women must choose whether she should go along with getting an abortion or if she will not. I will also be writing a argument if i believe the girl stays with the man, and a narrative of a time I had to make an difficult decision to stay in difficult situation. Does the girl in the story stay in her relationship with the man? The women in the story seems to be unsure if she wants to go through with the abortion, but while the man makes it clear to her that he wants her to abort the baby by stating how it's such a simple procedure. The topic of abortion is a very sensitive situation for everyone and if the man and the girl are not on the same page it will cause arguments that may happen to a couple if they are unsure if they want a child. The man does care about the girl because he says it multiple times in the story like when the women says "I don't care about me" the man quickly reply's "Well I care about you". at this time the girl stood up saw the river through the trees and decided that she is keeping the baby. Her responses quickly change to "No, we can't have everything", and "No we can't have the whole world." Indicating that she wants to keep the "white Elephant" the man tries to persuade her on how simple of an operation it is a few more times the women then tells the man to "please please please please please please please stop talking" the man here realizes that she will not have the abortion anymore but I believe the man and women will stay in the relationship because yes the guy clearly didn't want the kid but, he told the girl "I don't want you to feel that way" when the girl says "I'll do it and then everything will be fine". This to me indicates that the man will stay in the relationship even if the women does have the kid. -white el·e·phant noun 1) a possession that is useless or troublesome, especially one that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of. When have you made a important choice to stay in a relationship or leave a relationship -- OR -- stay or leave a difficult situation? Probably the most important and one of the most recent decision's that I have ever made was to return to school. I graduated from Interboro high school in 2015 and I decided to work at Chick-Fil-A during the couple of years off school I would drive to work at noon, and wouldn't leave the store until midnight ,and moved from team member, to a trainer, to a team leader, to currently Assistant Manager. If it wasn't for Chick-Fil-A I never would of been able to pay for my education, obviously I don't want my career to be a worker at a quick service restaurant for the rest of my life, so I decided to return to school and receive a higher education, I'm not entirely sure what I want to do with my life, but what fun would life be if I had it all planed out already? I'm aware that I'm not the only person in this difficult situation of working full time and going to school full time, but in order to achieve higher goals with my life, I must stay in the difficult situation and do my best to better my self. One day I know all of this hard work will pay off. I use the idea of leaving this difficult situation as inspiration.
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Zun
10/2/2017 06:10:50 pm
I also think the way you concluded that the girl will stay in the relationship and keep the baby. By the way, why don't you create a scene?
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Hello Don... I like the way you interpret the story. I agree with you. We really do not know whether or not the woman decides to keep the baby, but surely, the man decides to stay with her regardless of her decision. He really loved her. What is certain is that in life we have to learn to make decisions as well as your decision to continue with your studies. Sometimes we can not have everything at the same time. I think your decision was the best. Remember that what you sow today, you will reap tomorrow. Keep going!
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Sabatino
10/3/2017 05:11:22 am
I am intrigued by the conversation you started and Lenin sustained--especially because you are focusing on the man's decision to stay or leave when the question asks if the girl will stay or leave. I'm not suggesting the post doesn't explore a relevant aspect of the story. I do wonder why you focused on the man's decision-making process?
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10/3/2017 05:15:49 am
Don, I think you did a really good job interpreting this story. You had good reasoning behind your decision and used specific examples to prove your theory. I also like the way you included the definition of a white elephant.
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