The Analysis of Nick’s Character in Three of Ernest Hemingway Short Stories.

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Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip. Appl. Ling., M.Hum. NIP. 19490423197412 2 001

Submitted to Faculty of Culture Studies, University of North Sumatera

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for DIPLOMA (D-III) in English

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Head of Diploma III English Study Program,

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Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the D-III Examination of the Diploma III English Study Program, Faculty of Culture Studies, University of North Sumatera.

The examination is held on June 2011

Faculty of Culture Studies, University of North Sumatera Dean,

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ABSTRACT

The paper entitled "The Analysis of Nick's character in Three of Ernest Hemingway's Short Stories" is about Nick's character that found in the three short stories by Ernest Hemingway, they are Fathers and Sons, The killers and A Way You'll Never Be. The three short stories that were written by Hemingway are partly of his short stories work that he was written during his lifetime. After Hemingway's death, his short story works were collected and made becoming a book. This paper uses the methods of library research. In this paper, after the writer analyzed those three short-stories, it is known that the three of Nick characters are different person. They also lived in different place, time and society although they had the same name as the main character and were written by the same author namely Ernest Hemingway.


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ABSTRAK

Kertas karya yang berjudul “The Analysis of Nick’s Character in Three of Ernest Hemingway’s Short Stories” ini membahas tentang karakter Nick yang terdapat didalam ketiga cerita pendek karya Ernest Hemingway yakni Fathers and Sons,

The killers dan A Way You’ll Never Be. Ketiga cerita pendek yang ditulis oleh Hemingway tersebut adalah sebagian dari karya cerita pendeknya yang dia tulis semasa hidupnya. Setelah Hemingway meninggal dunia, karya-karya cerita pendeknya dikumpulkan dan dijadikan buku. Kertas karya ini menggunakan metode penelitian pustaka. Didalam kertas karya ini, setelah penulis menganalisis ketiga cerita pendek tersebut diketahui bahwa ketiga karakter Nick adalah orang yang berbeda. Mereka juga tinggal di tempat, waktu dan lingkungan yang berbeda walaupun mempunyai nama yang sama sebagai tokoh utama dan ditulis oleh penulis yang sama yakni Ernest Hemingway.


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim.

First of all, I would like to thank and praise to the Almighty God, Allah SWT for blessing and giving me health, strength and ease to accomplish this paper as one of the requirements to get Diploma III certificate from English Department Faculty of Letters, University of Sumatera Utara.

Then, I would like to express a deep gratitude, love, and appreciation to:

 My beloved parents, Ponijan and Misni thanks for the gen, supports, loves prays, and finance. I present this paper for you.

 My beloved siblings, Budi Kurniawan and Harri Sugiarto. Thank you for all your motivations and advices.

Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, MA as the Head of English Diploma Study Program, who gives me a lot of knowledge.

Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip. Appl. Ling., M.Hum. as my supervisor. Thank you for the valuable time in giving the correction and constructive critics in completing this paper.

Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A., as the Dean of Faculty of Letters, University of Sumatera Utara.

 All lecturers in English Diploma Study Program for giving me advices and knowledges.

 My lovely friends in Diploma III English study program, Riski Putra (Qiput), Agung (Pakde, thanks for sending SMS), Rachmad Agustiadi


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Laoli, Maryadi (maria-di Ozawa), Ahmad Hanafi (Kunep), Zaid M Nasution (believe or not), Cicik Kharani Noer, Yora Munirah and

Tyrha Rahsarina (as my aunts), Amelia Pratami, Karina Julianti Hrp

(lady Hardcore), Ikhsan Handaya (The Drunken Master) and many more. Thanks for your supports, madness, and happiness.

 My boarding-house mates, Harriono Abdurrahman (Bano), Idrus Sardi Dalimunthe, Kurniawan Putra (Kukur), Arie Azhari Nst (Arus),

Muhammad Aidil Fitrah saragih (Muha).

 My Diploma III English study program’s organization, SOLIDAS. Thanks for all my brothers and my sisters.

 My friends, Nana Fridayani, Oki Setiawan (Pohon Ciberut), Azhary Azwar, Siti Syarifah Handayani, Syahriski Fahri Abda Sinaga

(Sengcok), Ratu Bulan Haspina, The Neck-Breakerz and many more. Finally, I do realize that this paper is still far from being perfect. Therefore, I welcome any constructive critics and suggestions towards this paper.

Medan, 2011

The writer,

Ferri Irawan


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ……… i

COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ……… ii

ABSTRACT ……… iii

ABSTRAK ……… iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ……… v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ……… vii

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study ……… 1

1.2 Scope of the Study ……… 2

1.3 Purpose of the Study ……… 2

1.4 Significance of the Study ……… 3

1.5 The Method of Research ……… 3

2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Character ……… 4

2.2 Plot ……… 6

2.3 Setting ……… 8

3. THE ANALYSIS 3.1 Fathers and Sons ……… 10

3.2 The Killers ……… 14

3.3 A Way You’ll Never Be ……… 18

4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 4.1 Conclusions ……… 23

4.2 Suggestions ……… 24

REFERENCES ……… 25


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ABSTRACT

The paper entitled "The Analysis of Nick's character in Three of Ernest Hemingway's Short Stories" is about Nick's character that found in the three short stories by Ernest Hemingway, they are Fathers and Sons, The killers and A Way You'll Never Be. The three short stories that were written by Hemingway are partly of his short stories work that he was written during his lifetime. After Hemingway's death, his short story works were collected and made becoming a book. This paper uses the methods of library research. In this paper, after the writer analyzed those three short-stories, it is known that the three of Nick characters are different person. They also lived in different place, time and society although they had the same name as the main character and were written by the same author namely Ernest Hemingway.


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ABSTRAK

Kertas karya yang berjudul “The Analysis of Nick’s Character in Three of Ernest Hemingway’s Short Stories” ini membahas tentang karakter Nick yang terdapat didalam ketiga cerita pendek karya Ernest Hemingway yakni Fathers and Sons,

The killers dan A Way You’ll Never Be. Ketiga cerita pendek yang ditulis oleh Hemingway tersebut adalah sebagian dari karya cerita pendeknya yang dia tulis semasa hidupnya. Setelah Hemingway meninggal dunia, karya-karya cerita pendeknya dikumpulkan dan dijadikan buku. Kertas karya ini menggunakan metode penelitian pustaka. Didalam kertas karya ini, setelah penulis menganalisis ketiga cerita pendek tersebut diketahui bahwa ketiga karakter Nick adalah orang yang berbeda. Mereka juga tinggal di tempat, waktu dan lingkungan yang berbeda walaupun mempunyai nama yang sama sebagai tokoh utama dan ditulis oleh penulis yang sama yakni Ernest Hemingway.


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1.

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

In literature is known the kinds of literature as Poetry, Drama and Narrative. Narrative concludes Novel or romance, short story and novelette (Wiyatmi. 2008: 27). In this paper the writer would like to describe one from those kinds of narrative that is short story. According to Wikipedia, short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas (in the 20th and 21st century sense) and novels. Short stories tend to be less complex than novels. Usually a short story focuses on one incident, has a single plot, a single setting, a small number of characters, and covers a short period of time.

In this paper, the writer will discuss three Short Stories. They are Fathers and Sons, The Killers, and A Way You’ll Never Be. They are written by Ernest Hemingway who is an American author and journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. His writing style is characterized by short minimalism and understatement and it also has significant influence in 20th century fiction. His short stories like poetry which full of meaning, without act and informed like a teacher. He doesn’t give conclusion which has been done about character, background, plot or the themes. Hemingway's short stories which featured the character Nick Adams were compiled in one volume and republished posthumously in 1972. It includes 24 stories and sketches, 8 of which were previously unpublished.


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The writer just takes three of Nick Adams short stories because they have been translated in Indonesian. By during the time, the works of Hemingway, especially his short stories have participated in vocabulary of Indonesian translation literary.

In a literature there is a term which is known as Character. Character plays a pivotal role in a drama, novel, short story and all kind narratives writing. In short story, character as well as plot, theme, and setting. The character guides readers through the story, helping them to understand plots and themes.

As the focus on this paper, the writer will analyze the main character, namely Nick in those three of short stories. The writer also will analyze a brief of plot and setting in those short stories.

1.2 Scope of the Study

In three of those short stories so many topics can be discussed. The writer just limits to analyze about main character, namely Nick and a brief about of plot and setting in those short stories. It is important to limit the topic in order to make the paper easily and clearly understood for the readers.

1.3 Purpose of the Study

In writing this paper, the purpose of this study is as in the following:

1. The writer wants to find whether Nick’s characters from three of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories; Fathers and Sons, The Killers, and A Way You’ll Never Be are the three different Nicks or only one Nick on those three short stories.


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1.4 Significance of the Study

By writing this paper, the writer hopes can improve the information about the main characters including the physic, status, and moral of them. By knowing literary theory, it can improve the students to more interest in studying and enrich about literature and also increased the habit for reading among the young people.

1.5 The Method of Research

In writing this paper the writer uses some research methods, such as library research and from the internet. The writer has three steps in writing this paper. First, the writer read three of short stories several times to make him understand about the story. After having understood about it, the writer focuses to analyze the main character then the writer makes conclusions about it from the three short stories; Fathers and Sons, The Killers, and A Way You’ll Never Be.

Second, the writer reads and collects some information about the literature especially the theory of analyzing character as his references. Three, the writer browses data from internet to look for the compliment sources and also to know the biography of the writer.


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2.

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Character

Most of the characters works of fiction are fictional characters. Character is an important part in building a story although it is just the form of custom or just the author's imagination. The character is not only serve to play a story, but also serve to convey the idea, motif, plot, and theme. The continued development of life sciences is also one of the reasons how the importance of the role of characters as part highlighted by the author. The conflicts in a story which is underlying the establishment of a plot, basically can not be separated from its characters, both protagonist and antagonist. Therefore, the ability of authors to describe the character of the story which is told in accordance with the demand of the story can also be used as an indicator of the strength of a fictional story.

To assess the character can be seen by what is said and what is done. The identification is based on its consistency, in terms of consistency of attitude, morality, behavior, and thinking to solve, to look and behave in the face of each event. As quoted by Fananie (2001: 87), the character actors of fiction to emerge from a number of events and how these characters react to events encountered.

Although the appearance of the character figures can not be separated from the sequence of events, the model of expressing the character which is used by the author can be varying. Muhammad Fananie stated that there are two kinds the model of expressing the character. First, physical appearance, author can express through its physical description, including a description of the specific


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characteristics that belongs. In this case, the author usually describes in detail the behavior, background, family, life character at the beginning of the story, with models like this before entering the core of the story, a rather complete image about the character already possessed by the reader. This first model in the study of literature is often called as Analytical. It means that the characters themselves are described by the author. In other words, the author analyzes of the characters. To assess whether the physical character in accordance with the character played can be viewed from various aspects such as height, shape forehead, chin, mouth, eyes, hands, feet and so on. On the one hand, physical interpretation can describe the behaviors, although the attitudes are not disclosed by the author directly. For example, the glaze eyes can detect that the person has a soft character. Thick eyebrows can detect that the character figures are hard, and so forth. Therefore, the search accuracy a physical description can be done by harmonizing with other characters, such as how to talk, how to act, how to solve problems, and so forth.

Second, undescribed appearance, the author does not describe the characteristic of the characters directly. Character is built through the habit of thinking, ways of making decision in the face of every event, travel career, and the relationship to other character, including comments from one character to another character. To describe the characteristic of the characters in this model can not be seen only in one event within a certain time unit, but must be seen from the sequence of events as a whole. Model such as this is sometimes associated with past events. From here, the author usually tries to portray the main character through the dialogues among characters and then make a presentation state of


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mind in stages that are connected in units of events. Author reveals character figures flowed in tune with the situation faced by the characters, like how the characters deal with certain problems, how patterns of thought, attitude consistency, stream of consciousness, emotional changes, language in used in any event faced. Through dialogues which are explained by author, readers will find out the extent to which morality, mentality of thought, character and behavior of its characters. In study literature, it is called dramatic model. (Muhammad Fananie, 2000:87)

Characters in fiction are usually divided into several types. In accordance with its involvement in the story is distinguished between the main character (central) and additional character (peripheral). The character is called as the main character if it fills the three conditions, namely: most involved with the meaning or theme, most relate to other characters and most takes of the storytelling.

2.2 Plot

One of the most important elements in shaping a work of fiction is plot. In the analysis of the story, sometimes the plot is called as groove. As quoted by Fananie (2001:93), the plot is the construction which is made to read on of a sequence of events that are logically and chronologically related, and caused or experienced by actors. In the most general explanation, the plot or the groove is often interpreted as an entire series of events contained in the story.

However, in a more specific explanation, the plot of a story is not just a series of events contained in certain topics, but includes several factors causing the occurrence of events. In this context, building of a plot is very something


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complex. Fananie quoted from Crane theory, the plot is not only seen from the course of an event. Further, plot should also be analyzed how the urgency of events that appear are able to build a tension or conflict stories. In other words, analysis of plot is not only seen from the position of one topic among other topics, but also must be related to others element such as character actors, the author’s thought that was reflected in his characters, diction, and narrative (2001: 94).

The series of events that associated with the development of character, the thinking of the characters, problems faced, and the presentation of the order of events that is flipped by the author is what will determine the extent to which the power of a work story. In this relevancy, Fananie quoted from Propp that the existence of a plot can not be only seen just from the structure, but also to be seen from the function. This is based on Propp’s research of the plot of folklore. According to Propp, the function of the plot is act dramatic persona that is based on the significance of the point of view of a number of events that build the overall of story (2001: 94). The harmonism or alignment between the structure and function what is indicated as an aesthetic feel of the story.

In accordance by the arrangement of the event or its parts, the plot can be divided into several types such as Chronological or progressive plot and regressive or flashback plot. In a progressive plot, the event is arranged: the early-middle-end whereas in the flashbacks plot, the event is arranged: early-early-middle-end or early-middle-end.


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1.3 Setting

In literature, the setting is one shaper element of the story that is very important, because this element will be able to determine the general situation of a work. As quoted by Burhan Nurgiantoro (1981:216), setting is called as foothold on understanding the place, time relations, and social environment where the occurrence of the events described. In a fiction work, setting is divided into three kinds: place, time and society. Place is related to the geography, where the events happen such as in town, country, and etc. Time is related to date, hour, day or night, and history. The last, society is related to people’s life.

Although the setting is intended to identify the depicted situations in the story, essentially the existence of setting element is not just a state where, when, and how the situation of the events take the places, but it also related to the image of tradition, character, social behavior, and public opinion at the time when story is written. From the study of the setting would be known the extent of conformity and correlation between behavior and temperament with the community leaders, social situation, and opinion of society. Besides, the condition of the area, geography, social structure also determines the characteristics or character of certain figures. Therefore, the function of setting in a literary work can not be separated from other problems such as, themes, characters, language, the use of medium literary, and problems that arise, all of which are an unseparated part.

The successful setting must be integrated with the theme, character, style, implication or the related of its philosophical, as quoted by Fananie (2001; 98) in certain things, setting must be able to form the certain theme and plot in the


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dimensions that associated with the place, time, area, and certain people with specific characteristics as a sequences of the environmental situation or era, way of life, and ways of thinking.

To determine the accuracy of the setting in a work can be seen from several indicators such as general locale, historical time, social circumstances. Based on the indicators, that will be seen the suitability of elements forming the story. If the indicators are applied in the study of setting of literary work, it does not mean that the problem is seen only beyond the scene of the incident, while the occurrence of events, and social situation, but also from its context relation to people’s behavior and the characteristic of the characters according to the situation when the work is created. Hence from the study that is conducted must know the extent of fairness, logic of events, developments of character actors in accordance with the prevailing opinions of society today.


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3.

THE ANALYSIS

3.1 The First Short Story “Fathers and Sons”

The story started when Nick was driving his car through a small town with his son on Sunday. In the town, there was a sign to detour in the centre of the main street. On the street, there was a traffic light and the street was made of bricks. The town had heavy trees, so they shut out the sun and dampen for stranger. Nick was continuing his trip to the highway. The banks of the highway were red dirt sliced cleanly away and the second-growth timber on both sides. Nick looked around the country and it reminded him to hunt quails there.

When reminded to hunt quails, Nick also reminded about his father who taught him how to hunt it. Nick had a low memory to remember about his father’s appearances. Nick only could remember his father’s eyes of the appearances of his father, as quoted below:

“Hunting this country for quails as his father thought him, Nicholas Adams started thinking about his father. When he first thought about him it was always the eyes. The big frame, the quick movements, the wide shoulders the hooked, hawk nose, the beard that covered the weak chin, you never thought about – it was always the eyes.” (Ernest Hemingway, 1966:489)

One day, Nick was standing besides his father on one shore of the lake. The lake had long shore-line, the higher timber behind and the point that guarded the bay. In there, his father said to Nick that he could count the sheep on the hillside toward the peninsula.

Nick loved his father. He remembered that his father has great eyes as an eagle. He also remembers that like all men with a faculty that surpasses human


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requirements, his father is very nervous. Then, he is sentimental, cruel and abused. He thanks to his father whom taught him how to hunt and to fish but he cannot write all about his father yet, as quoted below:

“Nick could not write about him yet, although he would, later, but the quail country made him remember him as he was when Nick was a boy and he was very grateful to him for two things: fishing and shooting.” (Ernest Hemingway, 1966:490)

And at thirty eight years old, Nick still loved to hunt and to fish, as quoted below: “And now, at thirty eight, he loved to fish and to shoot exactly as much as when he first had gone with his father.” (Ernest Hemingway, 1966:490)

Nick was an emotional person when he was child and hunt with his father and a squirrel bit his finger. He felt so angry to it. Once, he and his father were out shooting together. Nick shot a red squirrel out of a hemlock tree. The squirrel fell down, wounded, and when Nick picked it up, the squirrel bit Nick’s thumb. So, Nick smacked it, as quoted below:

“The dirty little burger”, Nick said and smacked the squirrel’s head against the three. “Look how he bit me.”

(Ernest Hemingway, 1966:490)

Then, nick reminded about his Indian friends. In summer, Nick and his Indian friends were hunting squirrel in Hemlock woods behind the Indian camp. It was one of a virgin forest, the trees grew high, the ground was brown and clean. They three lay against the trunk of the hemlock. In this scene Nick was described as an emotional person too when Eddy Gilby were going to sleep in bed with his daughter. One of his friends, Trudy said to Nick that Eddy were going to come some night sleep in bed with Nick’s sister, Dorothy. Nick is very angry to hear that and wanted to kill Eddy Gilby, as quoted below:


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“If Eddy Gilby ever comes at night and even speak to Dorothy, you know what I’d to do him? I’d kill him like this.” Nick cocked the gun and hardly taking aim pulled the trigger, blowing a hole as big as your hand in the head or belly of that half-breed bastard Eddie Gilby.” (Ernest Hemingway, 1966:493-494)

In this place, Nick also got his first sex education from one of his Indian friends, Trudy.

After reminded about his Indian friends, Nick rode along the highway in the car and it was getting dark. Nick was all trough thinking about his father. Actually, Nick seldom thinking about his father except he feel alone.

Nick loved his father but he hated the smell of him, as quoted below: “Once when he had to wear a suit of his father’s underwear that had gotten too small for his father it made him feel sick and he took it off and put it under two stones in creek and said that he had lost it.” (Ernest Hemingway, 1966:496)

Nick has told about it to his father when he had to put it on but his father said it was freshly washed. When Nick came home from fishing without it and said he lost it, he was whipped for lying.

After that event, he was very angry to his father. He tried to shot his father when his father was sitting and reading newspaper, as quoted below:

“I can blow him to hell. I can kill him”. (Ernest Hemingway, 1966:496)

Finally he felt his anger go out of him and he felt a little sick about it being the gun that his father had given him. Actually, there was only one person in his family that he liked the smell, his sister.

Nick was startled when suddenly his son asked him about his childhood with his Indians friend. Then, Nick told to his son that they used to go out all day


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to hunt black squirrels and his father only gave him three bullets. They used to go out nearly every day all one summer.

Nick kept the secret about his Indian friend, Trudy, when his son asked to him how about they were like to be with, as quoted below:

“Those are funny names for Indians.” “Yes, aren’t they,” Nick said.

“But, tell me what they were like.”

“They were Ojibways,” Nick said. “And they were very nice.” “But, what were they like to be with?”

“It’s hard to say,” Nick Adams said. (Ernest Hemingway, 1966:497)

Nick was a wise person. He and his son had a chat about Nick’s father. Nick said that his Father has many fiends of Indians, suddenly his son asked him about how old he could get a shotgun and Nick answer it wisely, as quoted below:

“How old will I be when I get a shotgun and can hunt by my self?” “Twelve years old if a see you are careful.”

“I wish I was twelve now.” You will be, soon enough.” (Ernest Hemingway, 1966:498)

Nick told to his son that he proud to his father. Nick Father was a great hunter and fisherman than him, as quoted below:

“What was he like?”

“He’s hard to describe. He was a great hunter and fisherman and he had wonderful eyes.”

“Was he greater than you?”

“He was a much better shot and his father was a great wing too.” (Ernest Hemingway, 1966:498)

And then, his son asked him again why they never went to pray at his grand father’s tomb. Nick said to his son that his father’ tomb was in France, it was a different country and it also a long way from America. His son said that he did not


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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”

The story started when Nick was coming along the road on his bicycle from Fornaci. He went through the field and a town which had a recent battle site. In the field, human corpses laid down alone or in clumps in the high grass of field, stick bombs, helmets, rifles, and many more about the war equipments. In the town, the houses were broken by shelling and the street had much rubble of plaster, mortar and there were broken beams, broken tiles, and many holes, some of them yellow edged from the mustard gas. There was no one in the town at all. When he just went through a recent battle site, he did not see no one since he left Fornaci. He was just alone. He only saw guns hidden under screens of mulberry leaves to the left of the road. Then, Nick continued his journey and arrived at the mud bank. In there, he met a young lieutenant.

Nick was a brave man when he refused the young lieutenant’s command to keep his identity. In the mud bank, Nick saw a young lieutenant who pointed a pistol at him and tries to keep Nick’s identity card but Nick refused it, as quoted below:

“Who are you?” Nick told him. “How I know this?”


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“Nick showed him tessera with photograph and identification and the seal of the third army. He took hold of it.

“I will keep this”

“You will not,” Nick said. “Give me back the card and put your gun away. There. In the holster”.

(Ernest Hemingway, 1966:404)

Then, Nick asked to the young lieutenant to take him to his company commander. After had a hard conversation, finally had known that the company commander was Captain Paravicini, Nick’s old friend. When Nick was taken to battalion headquarters, Nick saw the young lieutenant’s pistol and made Nick’ nervous, as quoted below:

“Put it away,” he said. “There’s the whole river them and you.”

“If I thought you were a spy I would shoot you now,” the second lieutenant said.

“Come on,” said Nick. “Let us go to the battalion.” This officer made him nervous.”

(Ernest Hemingway, 1966:405)

Nick saw Captain Paravicini in the dugout. In the dogout, there were table, bunk and some soldiers. Nick told him about his duty that was supposed to move around and let the enemy saw the American uniform.

Nick has traumatic experience. After Nick tells his duty to Captain Paravicini, they were talking about their past. Nick and Captain Paravicini said that they liked drunk. Suddenly, Nick remembered completely all events in the past and did not want to continue it, as quoted below:

“Let’s not talk about how I am,” Nick said. “It’s subject I know too much about to want to think about it any more.”

(Ernest Hemingway, 1966:407)

Paravicini asked Nick to take a nap and said that it was not battalion headquarters as they used to know it. They are just waiting to be pulled out of there.


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Nick took a nap at a bunk. He remembered about the events in the past. He was very disappointed that he felt this way and Captain Paravicini knew what he felt about. Then, he remembered about the platoon of the class of 1899 with Paravicini. When he remembered it all, he felt like crazy person. Nick was lost in mind. He also remembered about the girl Gilby Delys, as quoted below:

“And there was Gaby Delys, oddly enough, with feathers on; you called me baby doll a year ago tadada you said that I was rather nice to know tadada with feathers on, with feathers off, the great Gaby, and my name’s Harry Pilcer, too, …”

(Ernest Hemingway, 1966:408)

It was not only that, Nick also has a traumatic experience in the past. It was not about the front but that was about a girl, Gaby Delys, as quoted below:

“Then Paris part came earlier and he was not frightened of it except when she had gone off with some one else and the fear that they might take the same driver twice. That was what frightened about. Never about the front.”

(Ernest Hemingway, 1966:409)

After Nick remembered about his past, he sat up. Nick stared of the adjutant, the signalers and two runners near the door. Actually, Nick was a kind person. He tried to offer something to them, but he could not because he did not bring anything except his uniform, as quoted below:

“I regret the absence of the chocolate, the postal-cards and cigarette, he said. “I am, however, wearing the uniform”

(Ernest Hemingway, 1966:409)

To calm down him self, Nick and the adjutant were talking about their experiences. Nick told that he was an American and ordered to show the uniform. Next, Nick talks about grasshoppers what they call in American as locusts. At the


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end of his story he gives a good advice to adjutant, the signalers, and the two runners, as quoted below:

“Then, I would like to close on this note. In the words of that great soldier and gentlemen, Sir Henry Wilson: Gentlemen, either you must govern or you must be governed. Let me repeat it. Gentlemen, there is one thing I would like you to take with you as you leave this room. Gentlemen, either you must govern or you must be governed. That is all, gentlemen. Good day.”

(Ernest Hemingway, 1966:412)

Para was coming down the line of the sunken road to the dogout with the two runners. Para asked Nick to come back to Fornaci and said that there was not a duty for him in the front line. The day was still hot, so Paravicini said to Nick to take a nap again. When Nick take a nap and closed his eyes, he started to remember about the past again. Suddenly, Nick decided to comeback at that time. Para tried to forbid Nick because the day was hot and he worried about Nick’s condition but Nick consistent with his decision. Nick also did not want to make difficulties for Para when Para offered someone to accompany Nick back to Fornaci, as quoted below:

“It still hot to ride,” Captain Paravicini said.

“You don’t need to worry,” Nick said. ” I’m alright now for a quite while. I had one then but it was easy. They’re getting much better. I can tell when I’m going to have one because I talk too much.”

“I’ll send you a runner with you.” “I’d rather you didn’t. I know the way.” “You’ll be back soon?”

“Absolutely.” “Let me send ──”

“No,” said Nick. “As a mark of confidence” “Well, ciaou then”

“Ciaou,” said Nick


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In this short story, Nick was an ex-American soldier. He went from Fornaci to demonstrate the American uniform in the front line. He was described as a brave, kind, wise and had traumatic about his past during the war. This story tells about that the war will make someone has a traumatic of it. It was because most of the war will give the bad effect for who had felt it.


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4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

4.1 Conclusions

After analyzing those three short stories; Fathers and Sons, The Killers

and A Way You’ll Never Be in the previous chapter, it is proved that the three Nicks in those three short stories are three different Nick. The first short story “Fathers and Sons” Nick was 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. The second short story “The Killers” Nick was a waiter of Lunch room. Nick had been talking to George when the story happened and the two killers came in to 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 runaway from the killers who wanted to kill him. This story also told in that time there were still so many the killers. In the third short story “A Way You’ll Never Be” Nick was an ex-American soldier. He went from Fornaci to demonstrate the American uniform in the front line. He was described as a brave, kind, wise and traumatic about his past during the war. This story tells about that the war will make someone has a traumatic of it. It is because most of the war will give the bad effect for who had felt it. So, it is proved that three Nicks in those


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three short stories are different figure and they lived in different place, time and society.

4.2 Suggestions

At the end of this paper, the writer hopes that this paper will make the reader know more about character, plot and also setting of the short story. The writer realizes that this paper is still far away from being perfect. For that, in this paper the writer tries to use the simple words to make the readers understand it easily.

Finally, by read this paper the writer hopes that the readers are interested in read a literature’s works or even they can make a literary as good as Ernest Hemingway’s work. For beginners, by read the literature’s work we also can get much knowledge from it.


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Buditjahja, Ursula Gyani. 2001. Kumpulan Cerita Pendek Ernest Hemingway Salju Kilimanjaro Terjemahan. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia. Fananie, Zainuddin. 2001. Telaah Sastra. Surakarta: Muhammadiyah University Press.

Hadi, Sutrisno. 2004. Metodologi Research. Yogyakarta: Andi.

Hemingway, Ernest. 1966. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Nurgiyantoro, Dr Burhan,M.PD. 1998.Teori Pengkajian Fiksi. Yogyakarta: Gajah

Mada University Press.

Semiawan. 2007. Metode Penelitian Kualitatif. Jakarta: Gramedia Widia Sarana Indonesia.


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APPENDICES

BIOGRAPHY OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and understatement, influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and public image. He produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway's fiction was successful because the characters he presented exhibited authenticity that resonated with his audience. Many of his works are classics of American literature. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime; a further three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously.

Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After leaving high school he worked for a few months as a reporter for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to become an ambulance driver during World War I, which became the basis for his novel A Farewell to Arms. He was seriously wounded and returned home within the year. In 1922 Hemingway married Hadley Richardson, the first of his four wives, and the couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent. During his time there he met and was influenced by modernist writers and artists of the 1920s expatriate community known as the "Lost Generation". His first novel, The Sun Also Rises, was published in 1926.


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THE SUMMARIES

1. The first short story “Fathers and Sons

This short story tells about Nick, his son, and his father. One day, Nick and his son through a small town by a car. Nick drives his car and admiring the fall scenery. He looks around the farming and timber country. It reminds him about he used to hunt quails. While thinking quails hunting, it reminds him about his father who taught him how to hunt it. Nick remembers the most striking thing about his father were his deep-set eyes and extremely keen eyesight. Then, he describes his father who is a nervous, sentimental, and cruel person. His father died in a trap and was betrayed by everyone he knew.

Nick can’t write about his father yet because too many people are alive who knew him, but he says that his father’s would be a good story to tell. Nick is grateful to his father for teaching him about two things: fishing and shooting. His father’s knowledge is very good about those things, but he doesn’t know about sex at all. Then, Nick remembers that he received his first lessons in sex as an adolescent from Trudy Gilby, one of his Indian friends, behind the Indian camp in some hemlock woods when they was hunting squirrels.

While reminding his father and his Indian Friends, suddenly his son wakes up and asks him how is about Nick’s childhood and his Indian friends. Nick tells him that they used to go all day to hunt black squirrels and he also tells that his father grew up around Native Americans as well and had friends among them.


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Nick’s son asks how about his grandfather looks like. Nick describes him as a great hunter and fisherman, an even greater short than Nick. Then, his son asks again, why they never go to pray at his grandfather’s tomb, as people do in France. Nick says because it is not geographically convenient, and his son says he wants to go anyway, and that he wants to be able to pray at Nick’s tomb as well. Nick ends the story by saying that he sees they will have to go to his father’s tomb.

2. The second short story “The Killers”

One day in the afternoon, two men, Al and Max come into Henry’s lunch room and sit down at the counter. They debate about what to order with George who runs the lunch room. Their choices are not available because it will be served at 6 o’clock. George lists the available choices like sandwiches and the men order ham, eggs, bacon, and eggs. They are like twin who wear derby hat, tight overcoat, silk muffler and gloves. While they eat, they have a conversation with George and Nick about this town.

Suddenly, they order Nick to around behind the counter and they inquire if anyone else is in the kitchen. George tells that there is Sam, the cook, and he is told to call Sam out to the counter. Then, Al takes Nick and Sam back into the kitchen. George and Max soon have a conversation. George asks what’s it all about and Max answers that they are going to kill Ole Anderson, a Swedish boxer, for a "friend". They know that Ole Anderson comes there at 6 o’clock.

It’s 7 o’clock, and Ole Anderson doesn’t come by his usual hour of 6 o’clock, so Al and Max leave. Then, George urges Nick to warn Anderson at


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Hirsch's boarding house where he lives but Sam urges him to stay out of it. Nick decides to go to Hirsch's boarding house.

In there, he meets Mrs. Bell who runs it. Nick finds Anderson lying in his bed with all of his clothes on. Nick finds Anderson lying in his bed with all of his clothes on. He tells all about Al and Max and their mission to him, but he does not react, except to tell Nick not to do anything, as there is nothing that can be done. Nick Leaves and talks briefly to Mrs. Bell about Ole Anderson. Nick goes back to lunch room and tells George about Ole Anderson’s reaction. Nick can’t stand to think about Ole Anderson’s fate, so he decides to leave the town.

3. The third short story “A Way You’ll Never Be”

One day, Nick Adams leaves Fornaci by cycling a bike and through a town which have a recent battle site. He looks around and finds every piece of military equipment scattered in everywhere. Then, he wants to know happened by see the position of the dead. He is continuing his trip, immediately he meets a young lieutenant who pulls a gun on him. Nick shows his identity card and the seal of the third army, but the young lieutenant threatens to keep it. Nick demands the young lieutenant in order to be taken Captain Paravicini.

After he meets Captain Paravicini, Nick tells the current assignment to Paravicini. Nick is wearing the American uniform and supposes to move around the battalion to make them believe other Americans are coming. Nick says to Para that he was drunk in every attack. Para feels there are something wrongs with him and thinks that Nick is not quite right. So, Para asks him about how is he really but Nick says that he is alright. After debate, they have lie down. Nick lay on the


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bunk. He is very disappointed that he feels this way and more disappointed, even, that it is so obvious to Paravicini.

Nick sleeps fitfully, and his confusing dream recurs. Suddenly, the Paris part comes early, it recalls him about the girlfriend but, more important, he encounters images he has never seen—a long yellow house and a stable by a river. Night after night, he sees them and they frighten him. When he is wakes up, he is with some soldiers around him. They are talking about their experiences in war. Afterwards, Nick reiterates his American uniform story and says that soon American soldiers will be swarming like locusts. Actually, Nick calls the grasshopper in America, is really a locust.

After telling the story, Nick removed his cloth-covered helmet and put it on again and went out the low entrance of the dugout. Para comes with two couriers. Para thinks that nick should go back. Nick tells himself that he should better go so that he does not lose the way to Fornaci.


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APPENDICES

BIOGRAPHY OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and understatement, influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and public image. He produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway's fiction was successful because the characters he presented exhibited authenticity that resonated with his audience. Many of his works are classics of American literature. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime; a further three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously.

Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After leaving high school he worked for a few months as a reporter for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to become an ambulance driver during World War I, which became the basis for his novel A Farewell to Arms. He was seriously wounded and returned home within the year. In 1922 Hemingway married Hadley Richardson, the first of his four wives, and the couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent. During his time there he met and was influenced by modernist writers and artists of the 1920s expatriate community known as the "Lost Generation". His first novel, The Sun Also Rises, was published in 1926.


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After divo they divo War, after third wife during wh Sh Hemingwa that left hi permanent but in 195 in the sum

orcing Hadl rced follow r which he w

in 1940, bu hich he was

hortly after ay went on im in pain t residences 59 he moved mmer of 196

ey Richards wing Hemin wrote For W

ut he left her present at D

the public safari to A or ill-health s in Key W d from Cub 61.

son in 1927 ngway's ret

Whom the B

r for Mary W D-Day and t

cation of T

Africa, wher h for much West, Florida ba to Ketchu

7 Hemingwa turn from c

Bell Tolls. M Welsh Hem the liberatio

The Old M

e he was al of the rest a, and Cuba um, Idaho, w

ay married covering th Martha Gell mingway afte

on of Paris.

Man and th

most killed of his life. a during the where he co

Pauline Pfe he Spanish lhorn becam er World W

he Sea in d in a plane Hemingway e 1930s and

ommitted su eiffer; Civil me his War II, 1952 crash y had d '40s, uicide


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THE SUMMARIES

1. The first short story “Fathers and Sons

This short story tells about Nick, his son, and his father. One day, Nick and his son through a small town by a car. Nick drives his car and admiring the fall scenery. He looks around the farming and timber country. It reminds him about he used to hunt quails. While thinking quails hunting, it reminds him about his father who taught him how to hunt it. Nick remembers the most striking thing about his father were his deep-set eyes and extremely keen eyesight. Then, he describes his father who is a nervous, sentimental, and cruel person. His father died in a trap and was betrayed by everyone he knew.

Nick can’t write about his father yet because too many people are alive who knew him, but he says that his father’s would be a good story to tell. Nick is grateful to his father for teaching him about two things: fishing and shooting. His father’s knowledge is very good about those things, but he doesn’t know about sex at all. Then, Nick remembers that he received his first lessons in sex as an adolescent from Trudy Gilby, one of his Indian friends, behind the Indian camp in some hemlock woods when they was hunting squirrels.

While reminding his father and his Indian Friends, suddenly his son wakes up and asks him how is about Nick’s childhood and his Indian friends. Nick tells him that they used to go all day to hunt black squirrels and he also tells that his father grew up around Native Americans as well and had friends among them.


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Nick’s son asks how about his grandfather looks like. Nick describes him as a great hunter and fisherman, an even greater short than Nick. Then, his son asks again, why they never go to pray at his grandfather’s tomb, as people do in France. Nick says because it is not geographically convenient, and his son says he wants to go anyway, and that he wants to be able to pray at Nick’s tomb as well. Nick ends the story by saying that he sees they will have to go to his father’s tomb.

2. The second short story “The Killers”

One day in the afternoon, two men, Al and Max come into Henry’s lunch room and sit down at the counter. They debate about what to order with George who runs the lunch room. Their choices are not available because it will be served at 6 o’clock. George lists the available choices like sandwiches and the men order ham, eggs, bacon, and eggs. They are like twin who wear derby hat, tight overcoat, silk muffler and gloves. While they eat, they have a conversation with George and Nick about this town.

Suddenly, they order Nick to around behind the counter and they inquire if anyone else is in the kitchen. George tells that there is Sam, the cook, and he is told to call Sam out to the counter. Then, Al takes Nick and Sam back into the kitchen. George and Max soon have a conversation. George asks what’s it all about and Max answers that they are going to kill Ole Anderson, a Swedish boxer, for a "friend". They know that Ole Anderson comes there at 6 o’clock.

It’s 7 o’clock, and Ole Anderson doesn’t come by his usual hour of 6 o’clock, so Al and Max leave. Then, George urges Nick to warn Anderson at


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Hirsch's boarding house where he lives but Sam urges him to stay out of it. Nick decides to go to Hirsch's boarding house.

In there, he meets Mrs. Bell who runs it. Nick finds Anderson lying in his bed with all of his clothes on. Nick finds Anderson lying in his bed with all of his clothes on. He tells all about Al and Max and their mission to him, but he does not react, except to tell Nick not to do anything, as there is nothing that can be done. Nick Leaves and talks briefly to Mrs. Bell about Ole Anderson. Nick goes back to lunch room and tells George about Ole Anderson’s reaction. Nick can’t stand to think about Ole Anderson’s fate, so he decides to leave the town.

3. The third short story “A Way You’ll Never Be”

One day, Nick Adams leaves Fornaci by cycling a bike and through a town which have a recent battle site. He looks around and finds every piece of military equipment scattered in everywhere. Then, he wants to know happened by see the position of the dead. He is continuing his trip, immediately he meets a young lieutenant who pulls a gun on him. Nick shows his identity card and the seal of the third army, but the young lieutenant threatens to keep it. Nick demands the young lieutenant in order to be taken Captain Paravicini.

After he meets Captain Paravicini, Nick tells the current assignment to Paravicini. Nick is wearing the American uniform and supposes to move around the battalion to make them believe other Americans are coming. Nick says to Para that he was drunk in every attack. Para feels there are something wrongs with him and thinks that Nick is not quite right. So, Para asks him about how is he really but Nick says that he is alright. After debate, they have lie down. Nick lay on the


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bunk. He is very disappointed that he feels this way and more disappointed, even, that it is so obvious to Paravicini.

Nick sleeps fitfully, and his confusing dream recurs. Suddenly, the Paris part comes early, it recalls him about the girlfriend but, more important, he encounters images he has never seen—a long yellow house and a stable by a river. Night after night, he sees them and they frighten him. When he is wakes up, he is with some soldiers around him. They are talking about their experiences in war. Afterwards, Nick reiterates his American uniform story and says that soon American soldiers will be swarming like locusts. Actually, Nick calls the grasshopper in America, is really a locust.

After telling the story, Nick removed his cloth-covered helmet and put it on again and went out the low entrance of the dugout. Para comes with two couriers. Para thinks that nick should go back. Nick tells himself that he should better go so that he does not lose the way to Fornaci.