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Ole Andreson
Sam is an African-American cook at Henry’s diner. Sam is the target of racial slurs from both George and Al and is evidently not taken seriously by anyone. After Max and Al leave and he is untied, Sam tries to distance himself from the situation by repeating that he doesn’t “want any more of that” and doesn’t “like any of it at all.” Sam understands that becoming any more involved in the situation would be a serious risk to himself, both physically and emotionally. He also tries to warn Nick to “stay out of it” instead of going to warn Ole Andreson, but his well-intentioned advice is quickly dismissed. From that point on, Sam refuses to even listen to anything Nick or George has to say about what happened.
Sam Quotes in The Killers
The The Killers quotes below are all either spoken by Sam or refer to Sam. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“Listen,” George said to Nick. “You better go see Ole Andreson.”
“All right.”
“You better not have anything to do with it at all,” Sam, the cook, said. “You stay out of it.”
“Don’t go if you don’t want to,” George said.
“Mixing up in this ain’t going to get you anywhere,” the cook said. “You stay out of it.”
“I’ll go see him,” Nick said to George.
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“They put us out in the kitchen,” Nick went on. “They were going to shoot you when you came in to supper.”
Ole Andreson looked at the wall and did not say anything.
“George thought I better come and tell you about it.”
“There isn’t anything I can do about it,” Ole Andreson said.
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Sam Quotes in The Killers
The The Killers quotes below are all either spoken by Sam or refer to Sam. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
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“Listen,” George said to Nick. “You better go see Ole Andreson.”
“All right.”
“You better not have anything to do with it at all,” Sam, the cook, said. “You stay out of it.”
“Don’t go if you don’t want to,” George said.
“Mixing up in this ain’t going to get you anywhere,” the cook said. “You stay out of it.”
“I’ll go see him,” Nick said to George.
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“They put us out in the kitchen,” Nick went on. “They were going to shoot you when you came in to supper.”
Ole Andreson looked at the wall and did not say anything.
“George thought I better come and tell you about it.”
“There isn’t anything I can do about it,” Ole Andreson said.
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