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1. Action is the foundational key to all success.

2. Success doesnt come to you, you go to it.
3. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated
day in and day out.
4. Success is simple. Do what's right, the right
way, at the right time.
5. Some people dream of success while others
wake up and work hard at it.

1-The Killer

By: Ernest Hemingway

Summary
The story The Killers is about the idea that crime does
not pay. Criminals try to escape the consequences of
their crimes, but they cannot. They have to face
them resignedly. Nobody can help them. They are
alone and their own.It is five oclock. Two men enter
a restaurant. Their names are Al and Max. They are
killers. They have come to kill Ole Anderson. Ole is a
customer. George, Nick, and Sam are members of the
staff of the restaurant.The two men sat at the
counter. They order for a heavy dinner. George tells
them that it is five Oclock and they can get the
heavy dinner at six Oclock. They talk to the
members of the staff rudely. They make fun of them
and call them bright boys.After eating his meal, Al
takes Nick and Sam to the kitchen. He makes them
hostages at the gunpoint. Max sits with George at
the counter to handle the situation. Max asks George
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to tell the customers that the cook is off. Fortunately,

Ole does not come. After waiting almost twohours,
they leave the restaurant.After their departure,
Nick goes to Oles residence to tell him about the
killers. However, Ole listens about the killers very
casually. He tells him that nothing can be done. He
thanks Nick on his coming and telling him about the
killers. Nick returns and tells George about Ole. Nick
is afraid of and wants to leave the town. George
agrees to it.
Introduction:
The Killer is a beautiful short story written by Earnest
Hemingway. Hemingways stories are often full of
suspense, action and mystery. Symbolism is another chief
quality of his stories. This story is about the intended
murder of a person named Ole Anderson by two
professional killers Al and Max. The writer has beautifully
highlighted the inevitability of death. Though, no one is
killed in the story, yet the story creates an atmosphere of
fear in the minds of reader. In short, in a simple manner
the writer has been able to achieve the desired result.
QNo1:
The Killer is a powerful short story. Do you
agree?
Or
Bring out the horror and suspense in the story.
Or
What is the effect of the story The Killers on the
mind of the reader?
Or
The Killers is a powerful story, which is full of
suspense, action, fear and terror/horror, Explain
Answer:
The Killer is a powerful short story, which is full of
suspense and horror. Al and Max are
two professional killers who come to Hennerys lunch
room to kill Ole Anderson. Both of them look mysterious
by their behaviour. Hotel staff takes them to be wicked
persons. They order the food after great delay. This
causes great anxiety for the hotel staff. Their dealings
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with the hotel staff shows that something dangerous is

going to happen. After taking food, Al takes Sam, the
cook, and Nick Adams, the count boy, to the kitchen and
ties them. He puts towels in their mouths also. At that
moment, the hotel staff comes to know about their
dangerous plan that they are here to kill Ole Anderson,
who is expected to be there by 6 pm. Moreover, they
order George not to entertain anybody, saying that the
cook is off today. With the passage of time their anxiety
increases. At 7, they realize that Ole is not coming today
and they leave the place. But, they say that they will kill
Ole just to oblige their friend. After their departure Nick
goes to Ole Anderson and tells him the whole story. But,
he does not pay any attention to it. Nick returns to the
hotel with a fear of expected murder. To conclude, we
may say that although the murderers are not able to kill
Ole, yet they are able to create an atmosphere of horror.
Moreover, the writer has been able to create horror and
suspense from the beginning till the end.
QNo2:
What is symbolic significance of the whole story?
Or
Symbolism always plays an important role in
Hemingways stories. Discuss with reference to the
story The Killer.
Answer:
Symbolism is an important element of Hemingways
stories. The Killer is a fine
example of his great work. He has used symbolism quite
artistically in this story. The different characters and lunch
room in the story have great symbolic significance.
Al and Max symbolize those criminals who are busy in
mal-practices just for money or for some other evil
purposes. Nick, George, and Sam symbolize
common people who are working hard to earn their
livelihood whereas, Ole Anderson stands for such people
who are struggling hard for peace, but they are getting
nothing. Such people are fed up of their lives and are
ready to face death. Finally lunch room, it symbolizes
such public places which are open for all sorts of people.
Even the idea of short story is quite symbolic that the
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death is inevitable. In short, the story can be called

symbolic as it gives much more meanings than what
appear on the surface.
QNo3:
Ole is the main character of the story. Discuss.
Or
The writer has been able to delineate mans
courage and
determination through Ole Anderson.
Answer:
Ole Anderson is the main character around whom the
whole story revolves. His
character becomes a source of attention for the reader
from the start of the story. Though, heis only discussed till
the end of the story yet he is there to enhance the
anxiety of the reader. Aland Max are there to kill him.
Basically, he is a Swede heavy weight prize fighter, quite
tall and muscular. The reader does not know much about
him till the end. We even dont understand why the killers
want to kill him.
Ole Anderson has lost all his interest in life and is ready
to face death. When Nick tells him about the killers, he
does not bother. It is just because, he is fed up of running
from death. But, now he feels that it is useless to run
away from death. In short, Ole Anderson is a
representative of those people who work hard for peace
but getting nothing. Moreover, through his character
writer has been able to delineate mans courage and
determination.
QNo4:
Al and Max played a very important role in the
story. Prove.
Or
Do you think without Al and Max Hemingway would
not have been able to get
desired result in the story?
Answer:
Al and Max are two important characters of the story.
They become a source of fear and horror for the hotel
staff as well as the reader. In fact, it is their entrance in
the lunch room that starts the whole drama. They behave
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rudely with the hotel staff and ask about Ole Anderson in
a strange manner. In fact, they are professional killers
who want to kill Ole Anderson just to oblige their friend.
They are cruel persons who are ready to kill anybody for
nothing. Al and Max have similar personalities. Both are
dressed alike and both have aggressive temperament . Al
is the one who ties Nick and Sam in kitchen, while Max
asks George harshly not to entertain anybody. However,
in the end, they return back without completing their
mission but they leave behind an atmosphere of fear and
horror. In short, it can be said without Al and Maxs
characters the writer would not have been able to get
desired result.
QNo5:
Describe the disorder and lawlessness of
American Society.
Or
The story The Killers reflects some of the
darkest aspects of the modern society. Discuss.
Answer:
Law and order is the problem of the whole world, and
American Society is no exception. Good and bad people
are found everywhere. But, there are some personal,
psychological and social reasons, which breed crime in a
society. In advanced countries like America, much
freedom is given in all most all the walks of life. So some
criminal minded people try to take undue advantage of
this liberty. The killers in the story The Killer also
represent the same faction of the society, who just for a
petty reason i.e. to oblige their friend want to commit a
deadly sin. That shows how ruthlessly they are violating
the laws of the society. How freely they enter a restaurant
and make the staff their hostages, even in broad day
light. They have no fear of police, any law agency or even
authorities. Anderson points out that there is no use of
going to the police. Though, American society is
considered a flag bearer of the moral values, yet the
situation here is not better than developing countries. To
conclude it can be said, that The Killer highlights that
the American Society is not a heaven as it looks to the
people of developing countries. In short, the story
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testifies the disorder and lawlessness of the American

Society.
Q.No.6.
Describe Henrys Lunch-Room. What did happen
there?
Answer:
The door of Henrys Lunch-Room opens. Two men, Al and
Max, enter. They sit at the counter. They take Nick Adams
and George, the waiters, and Sam, the cook, under their
control. Their way of action is quite mysterious. It is
getting dark outside. Al and Max order some items of
food separately. They are provided some eatables at the
dinner time. They ask Nick Adams to go around behind
the counter. Al takes both Sam and Nick Adams into the
kitchen; the door shuts behind them. George asks Max
what all that is about. He is told that they are going to kill
a person named Ole Anderson, a Swede heavyweight
boxer, who comes to the restaurant for dinner. From the
kitchen, Al tells George that they want to kill Ole
Anderson only to oblige a friend. Max forbids George to
entertain anyone in the restaurant. At quarter past six
(6:15 pm), a street car driver enters the restaurant, but
George immediately sends him back by saying that the
cook has gone out. Gorge happens to go to the kitchen
and he sees there Nick Adams and Sam bound back to
back. A towel has also been pushed into their mouths.
The killers wait for Ole Anderson but he does not come.
At last, they leave Henrys Lunch-Room at five past seven
(7:05 pm). Here ends the scene in Henrys Lunch-Room.
Q.No.7
What does Ole Anderson read on the wall? Explain
Or
When Nick Adams goes to tell Ole Anderson that
two men are certainly going to kill him, what is his
reaction?
Or
Death must come as inevitable doom when time
comes but one should embrace itgracefully.
Explain

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