Ernest Hemingways short story Hills Like White Elephants is a shining example of how the author lived The storys time period closely relates to his affair with Pauline Pfeifer while he was married to his first wife Hadley Richardson Due to this the story could quite possibly be interpreted as a work of non fiction Hills indicates a lack of communication between the couple and their troubled relationship Hemingway wrote a letter to F Scott Fitzgerald author of The Great Gatsby during the time he