left except there was only an old man at the bar. The young waiter is rude to the old man because he wants to go home to his wife. The young waiter says to the old man‚ "You should have killed yourself last week?" (from the book). The young waiter is very judgmental and self-centered‚ which there is not very much empathy from the young waiter. However‚ the older waiter is understanding and companionate of the old man because the older waiter realizes that the old man drinking brandy after brandy meaning
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210 THE RETURN OF THE ANTI-HERO English Literature from the 1950s onwards A very definite new trend in English Literature‚ in novels and especially in plays ‚ began to emerge from the 1950s onwards. This was the return of the “anti-hero”‚ and was to become the dominant feature of writing through the 1950s to the 1970s. In order to examine exactly what an “Anti-Hero” is‚ it is necessary to look back on what had gone before. The Hero in World Literature The literature of all countries at all
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” the general message is conveyed through three main characters: the old man‚ the old waiter‚ and the young waiter. The old man and the old waiter struggle with disparity; despite this‚ the men are able to find a temporary sense of peace attending a café full of cleanliness and light. The generation gap between the younger waiter and the older waiter had a significant influence on the story. The younger waiter had a wife to go home to and many aspirations in his life; yet‚ he had little sympathy
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soldier is left with the feeling of nothingness‚ a feeling that he attempts to discard of though the act of sexual gratification. The younger waiter recognizes what the soldier is after‚ “What does it matter if he gets what he’s after?”(Hemingway 165). This experience in the end will only leave the soldier feeling more unhappy and empty inside. The young waiter is the second example of existentialism. He is aware of the nothingness of an existential life. He sees it in the soldier as well as the old
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Choose two stories by Hemingway or Chekhov‚ [ 668 ] [ 668 ] and compare the use the author makes of setting in these stories. Ernest Hemingway’s use of setting is apparent in two short stories‚ “Hills Like White Elephants” and “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”. Setting is used in these stories to illustrate the theme. In “Hills” we look at the importance of reason when faced with a world where the desires of two characters are in direct opposition. In “Clean” we look at life and the meaning one bestows
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place where some one even a soldier can be picked up by the guards just for walking the streets after dark. “‘He had better get off the streets now. The guard will get him. They went by five minutes ago’”(Hemingway 148). This was said by one of the waiters as they watched a young soldier and a girl walk by on the street together. This implies that there is a country or statewide curfew put into effect for safety reasons. This gives the impression that it is not safe to be out after dark and that if
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to create a story. Although the story is said to have no definite plot‚ it does convey a tale of three nameless characters that take part in a nocturnal scene in Spain. The two waiters talk‚ the old man drinks and they go home. The descriptions of the characters are very flat. Two of the men are only described as waiters and the customer is described as just an old blind man‚ and yet that is all that is need for the reader to paint a visual picture of the scenes in this story. As far as realism
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Comparison about Hemingway’s Short-Fiction Stories Ernest Hemingway is a well-known American author. He is known for his iceberg technique or also known as the iceberg theory. There might be a possibility that throughout our lives we have read some of Hemingway’s fiction stories through our high school and college years. His iceberg technique means that the immediate events have very little context or interpretation. That basically means that there is more to what you have to read‚ and in a way
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Mirabelli was trying to get across. A waiter tends to several costemurs at a time and it’s more than just taking a order. How you take the order matters; a waiter should be respectful with a costumer and vice versa. Waiters have a short amount of time to leave an impression and are dependent of tips. Living off minimun wage doesn’t support a lifestyle and many rely on tips.
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Hemingway presents the characterization of the old man and the waiter in an intentional way that never specifies exactly what their age is. This leaves an open interpretation for the reader to reflect about what age means to the
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