feel good never to have even visited his grandfather’s tomb. Finally, Nick said to his son that they would have to go.
In this “Fathers and Sons” short story, Nick was described as an American who was thirty years old, married and had one son. Nick loved to fish and to hunt
which were taught by his father. He also loved his father because of those two things. Nick was like a hunter and fisherman like his father too. Nick was
described as a sentimental, wise and love the family. This story also told about Nick, his father and his son had a good relationship. They always gave a
something good to be taught to his son.
3.2 The Second Short Story “The Killers”
The story started when two men, Al and Max came in to Henry’s lunch- room. It was located on summit. In the Henry’s lunch-room, there is window
which the street light could be seen from the inside, clock on the wall, the counter and the wicket into the kitchen. Nick was in Henry‘s lunch-room and had been
talking with George when them came in, as quoted below: “From the other end of the counter Nick Adams watched them. He
had been talking to George when they came in.” Ernest Hemingway, 1966:279
Then Al and Max order the foods to George. They debated to George about the
foods what they wanted to. George said that the foods they ordered were for dinner, but it was still afternoon, as quoted below:
“I’ll have a roast pork tenderloin with apple sauce and mashed potatoes,” the first main said.
“It isn’t ready yet.” “What the hell do you pout it on the card for?”
“That’s the dinner,” George explained. “You can get that at six o’clock.”
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Ernest Hemingway, 1966:279 After debated about the foods what they ordered for, Al decided to order the ham
and eggs, whereas Max ordered bacon and eggs. Nick was an obedient person when Max ordered him to go around on the
other side of the counter and Nick did it, as quoted below: “Hey, bright boy,” Max said to Nick. “You go around on the other
side of the counter with your boy friend.” “What’s the idea?” Nick asked.
“There isn’t any idea.” “You better go around, bright boy,” Al said. Nick went around behind
the counter.” Ernest Hemingway, 1966:279
Then Max and Al asked to George who was in the kitchen and George said that Sam was in it. George called Sam to come to the counter. After that, Al took Sam
and Nick back to kitchen. Meanwhile, Max and George had a chat on the counter. Max said that they were going to kill a Swede, named Ole Andreson. They were
going to kill him for a friend, just oblige a friend. They have known that Ole Andreson sometimes came there for dinner. In the kitchen, Al tied up Sam and
Nick like a couple of girl friends in the convent. After have been waiting so long and Ole Andreson still did not come, Max and Al decided to went out.
Nick was incurious of that event after he and Sam were tied up by Al, as quoted below:
“Nick stood up. He had never had a towel in his mouth before. “Say,” he said. “What the hell?” He was trying to swagger if off.”
Ernest Hemingway, 1966:286
George told to Nick and Sam what the purpose of the killers that they were going to kill Ole Andreson when he came in to eat.
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Nick was an obedient person when he was asked by George to saw Ole Andreson. After the killers, Al and Max went out from Henry’s lunch-room, he
was commended by George to go to Hirsch’s rooming-house to saw Ole Andreson. Although Sam interdicted him but he still decided to went there, as
quoted below: “Listen,” George said to Nick. “You better go see Ole Andreson.”
“All right.” “You better not have anything to do with it all, “Sam, the cook said.
“You stay out of it.” “I’ll go see him,” Nick said to George. “Where does he live?” The
cook Turn away.” “Little boys always know what they want to do,” he said.
“He lives up at Hirsch’ rooming-house,” George said to Nick. “I’ll go up there.”
Ernest Hemingway, 1966:286
Nick walked in the street to Hirsch’s rooming-house. In the street, there are light of the street, the bare branches of the tree and the tram tracks.
A moment later, Nick arrived at Hirch’s rooming-house. It was located three houses up the street. There are two ladder-steps in front of the door and a
bell. Ole Andreson’s room was in the end of the corridor in the upstairs. Nick was a kind person when he offered an advice to Ole Andreson. After
Nick arrived and saw Ole Andreson in his rented room, Nick told Ole about what just had happened to him, Sam, and George. Nick also told him that the killers
were going to kill him but Ole Andreson did not give any responses. Nick give an advice how if he called the police but Ole Andreson just said that was useless
thing, as quoted below: “Don’t you want me to go and see the police?”
“No,” Ole Andreson said. “That wouldn’t do any good.” “Isn’t there something I could do?”
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“No. there ain’t anything to do.” “Maybe it was just a bluff.”
“No, it ain’t just a bluff.” Ernest Hemingway, 1966:287
After Nick saw Ole Andreson in his rented room and he could not solve the problem, he decided to come back to Henry’s lunch-room by through the same
street again. Nick is a sensitive person when he took a pity of Ole’s fate. At the end of
the story, he came back from Hirsch’s rooming-house to Henry’s eating-house. He told to George how the condition of Ole Andreson. He took a pity of Ole
Andreson, as quoted below: “Did you tell him about it?” George asked.
“Sure. I told him but he knows what it’s all about.” “What’s he going to do?”
“Nothing.” “They’ll kill him.”
“I guess they will.” He must have got mixed up in something in Chicago.”
“I guess so,” Nick said. “It’s a hell of a thing.”
“It’s an awful thing,” Nick said.” Ernest Hemingway, 1966:288-289
Because of that, Nick decided to go out from that town because he could not stand
with Ole’s fate, as quoted below: “I wonder what he did?” Nick said.
“Double-crossed somebody. That’s why they kill them for.” “I’m going to get out of this town,” Nick said.
“Yes,” said George. “That’s good thing to do.” “I can’t stand to think about him waiting in the room and knowing
“He’s going to get it. It’s too damned awful.” Ernest Hemingway, 1966:289
In The Killers short story, Nick was a waiter of Lunch room. Nick had been talking to George when the story happened and the two killers came in to
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Henry’s lunch-room. He is described as an obedient, kind, and a sensitive character.
In this story, Nick had a good personality. Nick tried to persuade Ole Andreson as a victim to run away from the killers who wanted to kill him. This
story also told in that time there were still so many the killers.
3.3 The Third Short Story “A Way You’ll Never Be”
