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    (Frenz). An example of this writing style can be found in his 1933 short story “A Clean Well Lighted Place”. “A Clean Well Lighted Place” tells the reader a story of how the young and the old interact and what the young lose as they become the old. This short story uses symbolic characters and themes to convey the loneliness many find in old age and the desire to live a full and purposeful one. “A Clean Well Lighted Place” consists of a cast of 3 major characters‚ none of them named and each have characteristics

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    as a result of his childhood. Due to his traumatizing experience in WWI‚ extreme depression‚ and tragic family history‚ Hemingway’s short stories “A Clean Well Lighted Place” and “Hills Like White Elephants‚” examine life’s hardships‚ feelings of loneliness‚ and sense of meaninglessness. Hemingway bases the characters in “A Clean Well Lighted Place” on hardships he faced in WWI. He dealt with immense loss‚ resulting in his belief in life’s meaningless. Realizing the majority of people rush home

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    emotions out which eventually brings them down a path of suffering and misery. Ernest Hemingway and Merce Rodoreda were able to convey this message through their short stories‚ ‘A Clean Well-Lighted Place’ and ‘Rain’ as they revealed the consequences of one’s negligence of their isolation. In ‘A Clean Well-Lighted Place’ Hemingway presents us with the nightly routine of a lonely‚ depressed and deaf old man with a history of attempted suicide in a cafe. He once had a family and now he is all alone

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    Theme and Setting A clean well lighted place by Ernest Hemingway has a few themes that stand out clearly but the one theme that stands out to me is despair. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ despair means to lose all hope or confidence. In the story‚ the older waiter and the old deaf man somehow share a common bond of despair. Both men are of age and like to be out‚ late at night‚ alone. Asides from the story alone‚ the theme of the story can be brought out by the setting. The setting contributes

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    thought it was. For instance‚ in the story‚ “A CleanWell- Lighted Place” an old man had his purpose‚ which was his wife‚ and lost it. He had to find a new purpose which was the Café. In the poem‚ “The Snow Man” his purpose is the winter. The article‚ “A Hunger Artist” is about a man whose purpose is to entertain his audience. All the people in these stories have found their purpose in life. To begin with‚ in the story‚ “A Clean Well-Lighted Place “ an old man who struggled to find a way to deal

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    A CleanWell-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway Plot Overview An old man sits alone at night in a café. He is deaf and likes when the night grows still. Two waiters watch the old man carefully because they know he won’t pay if he gets too drunk. One waiter tells the other that the old man tried to kill himself because he was in despair. The other waiter asks why he felt despair‚ and the first waiter says the reason was “nothing” because the man has a lot of money. The waiters look at the

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    1.10 AS 90854 Reading Log 6 Jack Floyd XJN Title- A Clean Well-Lighted Place Author-Ernest Hemingway Date Completed- 3/06/15 Type of Text- Short Story Through the text ‘A Clean Well-Lighted Place’ we can very clearly see the ideas of Loneliness and living life in despair. I think that these themes are very relevant to the society around us. A lot of people are unable to form connections or lose connection in their lives. This leads to people being lonely‚ much like the main character in the

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    In “A CleanWell-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway begins with the two waiters working late at night and watching an old man from afar drinking his brandy. One waiter‚ who was young‚ was waiting anxiously for the old man to leave so he can go home and sleep. Whereas‚ the older waiter who also works there‚ was being patient and did not seem to mind that the old man was sitting alone in the Cafe late at night. As the waiters were watching the old man ‚ one of the waiters said that the old man tried

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    American Author who’s tone and style captivated the world‚ and drew plenty of attention to him. His short stories “The End of Something” and “A CleanWell Lighted Place” struck the eyes of numerous critics. These critics analyze his writing tone and style to effectively critique his work. Looking at “The End of Something” and “A CleanWell Lighted Place” a reader can see the correlation between the critic’s comments‚ and Hemingway’s writing. Hemingway has a technique in which he opens some stories

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    Using his short story “A CleanWell-Lighted Place” as the means with the literary elements of characterization and light and dark imagery‚ Hemingway proposes the aforementioned concepts and advances the notion that a single person’s life has no value and is meaningless. In the short story‚ characterization through the words of the older waiter is utilized to reveal traits of the old man and subsequently support Hemingway’s stance on the value of life. Taking place in a café late at night‚

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