Ernest Hemingway: A Life StoryHills like White Elephants is a unique story filled with simple but meaningful dialogue between two lovers in Spain. The entire story may leave the audience with more questions rather than answers when they come to the conclusion. Those who know Hemmingway and have studied his works have attempted to better understand and draw logical conclusions about many of his stories by examining his life. A life full of marital adventures, alcohol and difficulties. Many of these experiences Hemmingway faced laid the foundation for some of his greatest works. This article will examine the impact that Hemmingway's firstborn, his alcohol addiction, and his separation from Pauline had on the popular short story Hills Like White Elephants. Before writing Hills Like White Elephants, Hemingway had been married to his first wife Hadley Richardson. In 1921, the couple moved to Paris and two years later, Hemingway began to make a name for himself as a writer. Just as this was happening, Hadley became pregnant with their first son, Bumby. This forced the couple to return to the United States due to medical advancements in the country. This meant putting Hemingway's new career on hold for three years. In 1924, the couple returned to Paris, where Ernest Hemingway met a woman named Pauline Pfeiffer. At first, Pauline had a very low opinion of Hemmingway, but that quickly changed. She and Hemmingway developed a close friendship, which developed into the closer relationship Hemmingway had with his wife Hadley. Spending so much time together eventually led to the two falling in love and having an affair. Hemingway's wife Hadley discovered the affair and Hemingway asked in response a... middle of paper ...... g the two relationships could not coexist happily. In my opinion, Hemingway could have used these two landscapes to describe his relationship with the two women and the choice he made. The side with Hadley was old and dull, while Pauline was full of life. Additionally, Hemingway wrote Pauline a letter comparing the 100-day separation to an abortion. He goes on to say, “I think when two people love and need each other and then move away from each other, it works almost as badly as an abortion.” That being said, the separation from Pauline during the 100-day test could have been the spark that gave Hemmingway the idea to differentiate the landscape from the hills like white elephants. I think it's safe to say that the separation greatly affected the overall message of the story in a case where a couple finds themselves at a crossroads in their relationship..