The Killers

When I began reading The Killers I was initially somewhat confused, because there were a lot characters introduced right off the bat. It also seemed confusing due to the fact that it's mostly dialogue and one of the main characters didn't have a name for part of the story (the reader later finds out his name is Max). The story beings with two criminals Al, and Max who enter a restaurant and start to cause problems for one of the men working named George. Max ends up telling George they are there to kill a fighter named Ole Andreson, who supposedly eats at "Henry's Lunch-Room" every night. Ole Andreson never shows up, and another man, Nick Adams, decides he is going to warn Andreson about what happened. When Adams arrives at Andreson's home and tells him the situation Andreson's reaction is strange; he didn't seem to care at all, and it was like he already knew. I didn't particularly enjoy The Killers; it was kind-of boring. I wanted to know why Ole Andreson was wanted dead, and why he didn't seem concerned. Something else I found puzzling was at the end of the story when Nick Adams was leaving Ole Andreson's house and talking with the woman who he thought was Mrs. Hirsch, but she was actually Mrs. Bell. I didn't understand why Hemingway would have bothered with telling the reader Mrs. Bell's name in the first place, because in the end it seemed to have no significance. For me personally watching both the films was a more effective way for this short story to be told.