What is the couple arguing about in Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants"? How does the iceberg technique affect the way that you view the couple...

Jig and the American
never actually name the subject of their conversation. The closest they get is by referring to
some kind of medical procedure, what the man calls "an awfully simply operation." He
tells her that she will not "mind it" and that the procedure is "just to let the
air in." The American says that the two of them will be "fine afterwards. Just like
[they] were before." Though it is not explicitly said, it is implied that this procedure
might be an abortion.

Jig asks if the American man thinks that they will be
"all right and . . . happy" after the operation. The man seems not to want to pressure
her, saying she does not have to have this operation if she does not want to and that he would
not have her do it if she does not want to, but he continues to stress how "simple"
and "natural" a thing it is to do.

The fact that Jig seems so
concerned that things will "be like they were" and that he will "still love
[her]" seems to indicate that this procedure has something to do...