Ernest Hemingway's - The Killers - review

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Ravi Vekaria 10KE                Mr.Anderson

Ernest Hemingway’s – The Killers

Hemingway (1899-1961) wrote the short story ‘The Killers’ that was originally published in ‘scribners’ magazine in 1927. Later on that year it was placed in a collection called ‘Men without Women’. The story was a short text, which then inspired film makers Robert Siodmak and Donald Siegel to base a movie on this story.

        In the story there is evidence of professionalism as to the way this story is plotted. Even the way the two killers, Al and Max, shone off their image showed that it wasn’t the first time they have done a hold up at a diner. Al joked around in the diner while Max kept on hesitating, he was only interested in getting the job done. Al played parts of homosexuality by saying ‘pretty boy’. The two crooks had no shame in calling the cook a nigger.

        Hemingway handled racial issues carefully and well. Even in those days it is expected for the ‘nigger’ to get all the stones thrown at. Yes, racism is wrong in others views but Hemingway told the story how it would be. This is how the audience could establish the time. Around 1920s as of the racism, the diner and the language.

        The language used, in a script form, was very good how Hemingway set the scene without it being fully narrated. During the hold up in the diner Al and Max had strong communication between each other. Hemingway had also set the time, even with useless dialog as they argue about the clock being 10 minutes fast. Al and max were good criminals, they got what they wanted. They managed to get Ole Anderson’s address from Nick Adams.

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        Ole Anderson, the boxer, the man The Killers wanted to kill, not out of their pleasure but for someone else. Nick had told Ole about the situation, he got there before the killers did. Ole knew he was preyed upon but didn’t run. The story brought up various questions about odd events. Ole was killed and he didn’t want to run before his death.

        This being a very violent story in concept didn’t have gruesome actions. This cant have been the only trouble Ole was in, there probably was more than that. Its left to the audiences’ imagination. The Killers ...

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