Hemingway intends to forward by way of the story 's action and resolution . The struggle in the story becomes not merely the struggle to direct or control a relationship , but a struggle to define one 's self and defend (or impose ) one 's subjective desires and ambitions over the world at large . While abortion may stand as the overt cause of the conflict between the characters "the man 's struggle to win Jig 's capitulation " is truly the center of...











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