Bullet In The Brain Sparknotes

This story, Bullet in the Brain, is about a man named Anders who gets shot in the head during a bank robbery. Anders is the main character in the story and he works as a book critic. He is not your average nice guy, he is very opinionated, bad attitude, and a little rough around the edges.
It is the end of the day and Anders has to run to the bank last minute and that already has him on edge and then when he goes to get in line two women in front of him are being obnoxiously loud. To top all of that the teller closes the line he is in. This really pisses Anders and the two ladys off so the ladys start making smart remarks about the teller leaving. Anders then starts being scarcastic to the ladys as if they thought it was the end of the world. The ladys smirked and turned away from him.

A hush came over the bank Anders turned around and saw two men come into the bank with ski masks on.

The robbers had guns and told everyone to be quiet. Then they told the tellers not to hit any alarems or they would be “dead meat” (Wolff 73) and to fill the bags up with money. Anders looked at the lady’s and scarcastically said “dead meat” ( Wolff 73) to mock the robbers. The robbers called the teller that walked away, from the line Anders was in, to get her “ugly ass over there and fill the bag” (Wolff ). With that Anders could not hold back the sarcasm and said “justice is done” (Wolff ). The robbers hear Anders and yells to him “ hey bright boy did I give you permission to speak?” Anders said “no” (Wolff ) and looks at the ladys in front of him and said “did you hear him? He called be bright boy” (Wolff ). The ladys nervously said “ please be quiet” (Wolff )! The robber yells again “ hey you deaf or what” (Wolff )? Anders said “no” and the robber poked the gun in Anders stomach and asked if he thought if he was playing

around.
He tried hard not to laugh, but the gun was tickling him so in order not to laugh he stared into the robbers eyes. The robber then said “ do you like me bright boy” Anders replied “no” the robber then said “ then stop looking at me” (Wolff ). The robber forced Anders to look up.
Instead of Anders being nervous he realized he had never seen that part of the bank before. Like critiquing books he began to critique the paintings on the ceiling. Anders became amused at the way the painter had painted the scenes on the ceiling and blurted out a chuckle and the robber asked if he messed with him he was “history, capiche” (Wolff )? Anders thought it was so funny even covering his mouth he laughed aloud and then replied to the robber “ capiche, capiche” ( Wolff ), not having a care in the world of what the robber may do, the robber shot Anders in the head.
The bullet went through his skull and while it is traveling through his brain his life flashed before his eyes instead of remembering the good times, his family or the poems he had written. He did not remember what we think the normal person would remember when they are about to die. The only thing he could think about was going to a baseball game with his cousin and how hot it was and his cousins friend wanted to play short stop and he said “ shorts the best position they is” ( Wolff ). Anders thinks this is so amusing he wants to hear this over and over again. He says it is almost like “ music to his ears” ( Wolff ). With all of that being said the bullet is exiting and the life Anders had known is now over “they is, they is, they is".