The Killers
by Ernest Hemingway
Q: Discuss the elements of horror or suspense in the story.
Hemingway creates a very powerful impact of
death, horror and suspense in a very simple. In the story two men. Al
and Max enter in restaurant run by Henry and at once start questioning
George and the waiter about the food. The two young man make the staff
quite uneasy. Infact they have come here to kill a person, Anderson
just to oblige a friend of them. The way they start eating with their
gloves on and the way they talk is sure indication that they have come
on an evil mission. This makes others think why they were behaving so
strangely. In the meanwhile Max commands Nick to go the order side of
the counter with George. All takes Nick and Sam into the kitchen
There is suspense that the armed men may
rob money and things and some one may be killed or injured, but
ironically nothing happens. Max tells George that they are going to kill
Anderson whom they have never met just to oblige their friend.The
killers waited for more then an hours but Anderson does not come.
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