第2个回答 2014-05-18
"The Killers" isa short story by Ernest Hemingway. It’s just an attempted murderstory. The story took place in a suburb of Chicago, called Summit, during the1920s, during Prohibition. Two men, Max and Al, walked into Henry's lunchroom,which was run by George. They ordered something that was not available untilsix o’clock and they seemed have nopatience. They were quite strange that they ate with their gloves on and theykept their eyes on the mirror behind the bar. After talking with George, thetwo men told George to ask everyone come out. Then Al went into the kitchen andtied up Nick Adams, a recurring character in Hemingway's stories, and Sam, theblack cook. Max and George soon had a conversation, which revealed that the twomen were there to kill Ole Andreson, a Swedish boxer, for a "friend".However, Andreson didn’t show up. At ten minutes past seven, the two killersthought that Andreson wouldn’t come at that day. so the two killers leftwithout killing anyone. George sent Nick to Hirsch's boarding house, run byMrs. Bell, to warn Andreson about the two killers. Nick found Andreson lying inhis bed with all of his clothes on. He told Andreson what had happened. Itseemed that Andreson had known everything, he did not take any action. He exceptedto tell Nick not to do anything, as there was nothing that can be done. Nick left,went back to the lunchroom, and informed George about Ole Andreson's reaction.In the end, Nick decided to get out of this town.