this discussion between the two waiters while closing the cafe'.
             "'No,' the waiter who was in a hurry said, rising from pulling down the metal shutters. 'I have confidence. I am all confidence.'
             'You have youth, confidence and a job,' the older waiter said. 'You have everything.'"(263)
             As confidence flowed through the young waiter, it also flowed through young Hemingway. He went from writing columns for the high school paper, to writing columns for the Kansas City Star, with no formal training or experience. Hemingway's confidence in his ability to do the job, gained him the respect of the paper's editor. Hemingway's adventurous spirit had led him to try enlisting in the Army straight out of high school. As explained earlier, his poor vision would keep him from enlisting. Working for the City Star was the next best thing to feed his hunger for new experiences (Baker 9-10). With this position, the stream of Hemingway's life was starting to flow freely.
             With the free-flowing stream quickly becoming a narrow river, we look to the free-floating life style of the characters in "Hills Like White Elephants." The two characters in this story are at a fork in the river of life; a major decision must be made. O
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