ordinary subject matter.
protagonist very little plot.
emotionally restrained writing style.
"The Killers" this style in many ways. There is nothing extraordinary about the story. It is, in plain sense, simple. There is hardly any plot, virtually no character development, and very little description of the setting in the story. Hemingway also gives an objective view to the story, an "effaced authorial presence" his minimalistic approach influenced American writing.