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When I read "Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat", I understood that she was having an abortion, but when I read the second story I had no idea what was going on. Through researching on the internet I found that they were discussing Jig having an abortion and the clue to this was when the American said, "They just let the air in and it's all perfectly natural." I still do not understand how this was supposed to be a clue to abortion.
I believe the white elephants could symbolize there relationship. The story says "They (the hills) were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry." He is the American white man, and she is the Spanish girl. Just as the hills over power or stand above the rest of the country, the man is trying to get her to decide to have the operation. I also believe the white elephants could symbolize that she is seeing him for who he is. The meaning of white elephant is you get something less than what you thought. While they were free and......

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