The Killers

At the beginnig of the story of the Killers, I kept getting confused on which character was who because there was a lot of dialogue but sometimes it wouldn't mention who said what. The story is about two men, Al and Max, who go to a small town in New Jersey called Brentwood. They are looking for a man by the name of ole' Anderson, who supposedly eats at a small diner in town every night at 6 p.m. The two men are very rude to the employees at the diner and actually tie up another man that is eating at the diner and the cook in the kitchen of the restaurant. The two men, Al and Max, wait for awhile to see if Anderson is going to show up. The part of the story that was missing was the actual reason the two men were going to kill Anderson in the first place. They say they are going to kill him for a friend but don't say why. Once the two men give up on waiting for Anderson at the restaurant, they eventually leave. Nick Adams, the other customer who was tied up with the cook in the kitchen goes to Anderson's house in town to warn him about the two creepy men who were looking for him. The weirdest part of this short story was Anderson's reaction to the news that Nick Adam's revealed to him. He seemed very content with staying in his house and was not worrying at all about the situation. He seemed as though what was going to happen, either way, was inevitable and there was nothing he could do about it anyways, so why bother. I really enjoyed both videos because they helped me to understand the story more clearly and which characters were which. I like watching the college kid's interpretation of the story, as well. The first video was almost exactly the same as the story and the college kid's was a little more original, which made it more entertaining to me. Overall, I enjoyed reading this short story but still wish I knew some of the unanswered questions that are still lingering.