The Killers | Essays and Criticism
- Reticence and Mental Avoidance: Keys to Escape for Hemingway’s Heroes
L. Aykroyd provides an insight into the nature of Hemingway’s characters’ desire to escape the world around them.
- “The Killers’’ and “Big Two-Hearted River’’: Striving for Order in a Chaotic World
Comparison of two of Hemingway’s major short stories
- The Code in Hemingway’s “The Killers”
In the following essay, R. Moore discusses Hemingway’s philosophical “Code” as it is seen in his short story “The Killers.”
- Waiting in “The Killers”
In this essay, Chris Semansky considers the idea of waiting in Hemingway’s story.
- Hemingway’s “The Killers”
In the following essay, Quentin E. Martina relates “The Killers” to breakthroughs in physics happening at the time of the story’s creation.
- The Hit in Summit: Ernest Hemingway’s “The Killers”
In the following essay, George Monteiro identifies elements in “The Killers” that serve as a metaphor for bullfighting.
- Vaudeville Philosophers: ‘‘The Killers’’
In the following essay, Ron Berman explores the role vaudeville plays in the action and philosophy of ‘‘The Killers.’’
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