The Killers (short story)
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"The Killers" is a 1927 short story by Ernest Hemingway that follows two hitmen who come to a small-town diner to kill a former prizefighter, exemplifying his terse style and themes of fatalism and violence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Killers (short story) canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Killers (1946 film)
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The Killers (1956 short film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Killers (1964 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonist |
Al
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Max NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Hemingway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | assassination attempt on a former prizefighter ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| containsElement |
professional hitmen
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small-town diner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter | Nick Adams series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Scribner’s Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasTimeSpan | single evening ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Men Without Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | film noir ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
George
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Nick Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Ole Andreson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | compressed time frame ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | The Nick Adams Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Nick Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner’s Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | Summit, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
iceberg theory
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minimalist dialogue ⓘ terse prose ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism on Hemingway’s style ⓘ |
| taughtIn | American literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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existential anxiety ⓘ fatalism ⓘ innocence and experience ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Prohibition era ⓘ |
| tone |
detached
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ominous ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Killers (1946 film)