Ernest Hemingway: A Life StoryHills Like White Elephants is a unique story full of simple yet meaningful dialogues between two lovers in Spain. The entire story may leave the audience with more questions rather than answers once it reaches the conclusion. Those familiar with Hemmingway and have studied his works have attempted to gain insights and logical conclusions about many of his stories by examining his life. A life full of marital relationships, alcohol and hardship. 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 addiction to alcohol, and his separation from Pauline had on the popular tale of Hills as 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 where 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 child Bumby. This forced the couple to return to the United States due to medical advances in the country. To do so 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 things quickly changed. She and Hemmingway developed a close friendly relationship, which became the closest relationship Hemmingway had with his wife Hadley. Spending so much time together eventually leads the two to fall in love and have a relationship. Hadley, Hemingway's wife, learned of the affair and Hemingway in response asked for a......middle of paper......g both relationships could not coexist happily. In my opinion Hemingway could have created these two landscapes to represent his relationship with the two women and the choice he had made. The side with Hadley was old and uninteresting, while Pauline was full of life. Additionally, Hemingway wrote Pauline a letter comparing the 100-day separation to an abortion. She goes on to say, “I think when two people love each other and need each other and then drift apart, it works almost as well as an abortion.” That said, the separation from Pauline during the 100 Day Trial may have been the spark that gave Hemmingway the idea to differentiate the landscape in 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.