Two people are in the room together. They are ignoring a large elephant in the room.
No one would ignore a large animal like an elephant in the room.
Why is there an elephant in the room?
Why can't you just wear a button, like most people?
scene: living room description: Two people are in the room together. They are ignoring a large elephant in the room. uncanny: No one would ignore a large animal like an elephant in the room. entities: Elephant_in_the_room, Avoidance_coping. caption: Why can't you just wear a button, like most people?
Elephants are the symbol of the republican party. People might support a political party by wearing a pin or a button depicting the party's mascot, in this case, an elephant button. But here, the man shows his support by housing and caring for a literal elephant, which the wife is unhappy about because doing so is a lot of work and sacrifice and is interrupting their lives.