A man and a woman are facing each other in a chair. An elephant is in the room next to them.
Elephants don't live inside houses.
Why is the elephant there?
Why can't you just wear a button, like most people?
scene: the living room description: A man and a woman are facing each other in a chair. An elephant is in the room next to them. uncanny: Elephants don't live inside houses. entities: Elephant, Elephant_in_the_room. 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.