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Hemingway's Tone In 'A Clean, Well-Lighted Place'
Hemingway’s Tone in the reading is a bland and almost monotonous type of attitude, he used short and choppy sentences in a way to get the point of the story across quickly. He does not take the initiative to make a direct interpretation for the reader to understand right away but more or less an controversially opinionated storyline. Hemingway’s tone throughout the story “A clean, Well-Lighted place” shows a writing style from a minimalist; giving a brief explanation of each aspect of the story to get the point across but not to be too direct. The sentences area unit merely, clearly written, there's little or no figurative language (similes/metaphors), and therefore the diction, the writer's selection of words, consists of words

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