In this “Hills Like White Elephants,” the American repeatedly states that he does not want Jig to do anything she doesn’t want t
o do. What does this repetition infer about their conversation? Click here to read the story. Jig wants to know more details about the operation.
The prospect of an operation is frightening to Jig.
The American wants Jig to know how important she is to him.
Jig’s operation is very important to the American.
The conclusion from the conversation was that the American wanted Jig to know how important he was to him.
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The conclusion is an idea reached at the end of the conversation. In other words, conclusions are the result of the conversation.
From conversations between Jig and the American where he show that he cares about Jig, it can be seen from conversations where the American say "the American repeatedly state that he does not want Jig to do anything he does not want to do". From this sentence, it can be concluded that the American wants Jig not to do something he does not want to do.
The American wants Jig to know how important she is to him.
Explanation:
In the given passage, the phrase '' the American repeatedly states that he does not want Jig to do anything she doesn’t want to do.'' means that the American values the decision of Jig. He cares about Jig's decision about what she would would want to do and what not and respects her.
Therefore it also depicts that it is out of the job description and is uncommon, therefore he would leave it for Jig to decide if she wants to go ahead with it or not.
