Vol. 16, Issue 1, Jul-Dec 2023

Page: 1-9

The Role of Turn-taking and Grice's Maxims in The Killers by Hemingway

Zahraa Mohsin Abd Ali

Received Date: 2021-12-10

Accepted Date: 2022-01-14

Published Date: 2022-01-26

In the story of the killers, Hemingway portrayed the poisonous situation between the hero and his killers. There is no way to convince the killers not to kill, and the strangest thing is that there is no way to convince the dead man to escape. The killers in this story are distinguished and calm to the fullest extent, they committed their crime in their depth before they started the real killing. Therefore, the repercussions that can precede the killing process also end as the dead or the victim becomes. Hemingway's story puts us in the context of the poisonous situation that combines a killer and a dead It is as if he wants to tell us through his controlled narration of the circular direction of the course of history, especially since he did not address in his story the motives of the killers or the victim's attempt to avoid his destiny.

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