Hills Like White Elephants, By Ernest Hemmingway

In many works of literature, characters who love one another or share a friendship often face obstacles to their relationships. Sometimes the characters overcome the obstacle; sometimes the characters are defeated by the obstacle. In the short story “Hills like white elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway the two main characters; the girl and the American, aren’t quite in love but are in some sort of relationship dealing with a big obstacle of whether or not the girl should have the operation. Throughout this short story, the reader is unclear of the type of relationship these two main characters hold, whether it be friends with benefits or an official couple. The obstacle this relationship is facing is whether or not this girl is going to have