In both the Hemingway and Maupassant stories, the couples face a crisis, which puts them in difficult situations. In Maupassant’s “ The Necklace” (1884), the couple goes out and the wife borrows some jewels from a friend. After they return from the ball she notices that the jewels are missing from around her neck. The couple goes out to find the jewels, but they were nowhere to be found. Her husband takes all the money he was given from his father when he died, and borrows some from some of the townspeople to buy a replacement of the necklace. To pay off their debts to the townspeople they gave free labor. In Hemingway’s “ Hills Like White Elephants” (1927), the couples situation is they are about to go and get an abortion done, but the two individuals do not know whether or not if they want to go through with it. Also, the girl is not sure if her boyfriend will love her they way he does after the abortion is done.
In “ The Necklace” (DeMaupassant, G. 1884), there is no communication in the married couples relationship. There is no communication at times because the wife only talks to her husband when she needs something materialist
In “Hills Like White Elephants”, (Hemmingway, E.1927), the couple is talking about getting an abortion. They are conversing back and forth on what they should do and how their feelings would change after the abortion is done. The female is ordering drinks a lot because the guy keeps talking about the situation and trying to put the whole thing on her, for example, every time he talks he says “ it’s all up to you, it’s just a simple operation”, and she beats around the bush and tries to avoid him. He puts it all on her because he wants her to have the abortion because he does not want the baby, he also does not want them to lose their freedom.
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