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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