The Elephant In The Room
The Elephant In The Room
Throughout modern times it has been the woman’s responsibility to sacrifice things in support of a relationship. In his short story “Hills Like White Elephants” Earnest Hemingway depicts a precarious situation between a woman and a man. The characters in this story never come to a resolution, but it shows what some women will do for the love and approval of a man.
In the story, the girl asks after the man’s persuading “And if I do it you’ll be happy and things will be like they were and you’ll love me?” In this question the girl is more or less saying “I’ll do anything for you to love me.” I have known many women who have given up jobs, friends, and pregnancies for the love and approval of a man. In the end it’s seldom, if ever, worth the sacrifice.
Women often base their self worth on the approval of a man, as a result they allow themselves to be talked into things they wouldn’t normally do if they were depending on their......
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