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    Emily from “A Rose for Emily” and the old man from “A CleanWell Lighted Place” are similar in many aspects. Both are depressed from spending too much time by themselves through their lives. Neither like being alone all the time. Although they both have their own ways of dealing with their depression they deal with it in a similar manner. The story of Emily starts off with her death. The townspeople go through the story of her life the way they see it. They all know the story of her father’s death

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    story "A CleanWell-Lighted Place" is usually interpreted as a representation of the conflict between man and aging‚ it is also a fruitful example of negatively-used social categorization. In the story‚ the young waiter’s use of person perception is completely offensive to the old man who falls victim. Due to the young waiter’s inability to sympathize with the old man‚ the waiter grows increasing more rude and cruel as the story continues. In Ernest Hemingway’s “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”‚ the young

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    This story was written by Hemingway in 1933. It details an evening’s interaction between two waiters‚ and their differing perspectives of life. Hemingway uses an old man as a patron to demonstrate the waiter’s philosophies. Hemingway is also visible in the story as the old man‚ someone who society says should be content‚ but has a significant empty feeling inside. What follows is a line-by-line analysis‚ putting emphasis on the philosophies of the waiters. This story focuses on two waiters

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    Authors use many tactics to reveal a character’s personality. In the short story‚ A CleanWell-Lighted Place‚ Hemingway exposes the attributes of his characters through narration and dialogue. The older waiter’s characteristics are exhibited through the waiters’ conversations and the observations the narrator makes. The author cleverly associates the older waiter with the old man. This connection gives the audience a clear understanding of the loneliness and old age the waiter faces. The older

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    Discuss the relationship between character and theme in “A CleanWell-lighted Place” B-A9-0415-1 What is the most fearful emotion? That is emotionless. What is the most troubled thing? That is nothing. What will you feel after experiencing so much crazy murder and facing unreasonable death? In Hemingway’s “A CleanWell-lighted Place”‚ he shows us the loneliness‚ isolation‚ meaningless‚ death and futility of modern life those poor survivors of the world war one are facing through the

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    The two literature selections I will be comparing is: A CleanWell-Lighted and The House on Mango Street. The theme for A CleanWell-Lighted Place is unity. I chose unity as the theme to best describe this Hemingway piece because it has the good and the bad‚ but it brings the older waiter closer to the deaf patron. It shows the youth in the younger waiter‚ there is a mental disconnect from being younger and less experienced then the other two characters. The writing style is similar as there are

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    T.S. Eliot’s poem "The Winter Evening Settles Down" and Ernest Hemingway’s short story "A CleanWell-Lighted Place‚" both share the same theme of the alienation of the individual from society. It is the moods of desolation and despair‚ loneliness and struggle that reflect both authors’ observations of the individual alienated from society. In his poem‚ Eliot reveals the first clue to the mood of the poem in his first line. The winter evening settles down The word winter might symbolize roughness

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    “A CleanWell-Lighted Place” Theme Analysis "I wouldn’t want to be that old. An old man is a nasty thing." "Not always. This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now‚ drunk. Look at him." -Ernest Hemmingway The story written by Ernest Hemmingway tells of a deaf old man who is in conversation with others at a café in the late night hours. The others in the story’s setting share a significant difference of age and opinion. It seems they depict their ages as stages of life

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    While reading “A Well Lighted Place” by Earnest Hemingway it begins as a third person limited point of view. The interactions between the characters are just a documented interaction between an old man‚ and old waiter‚ and a young waiter. Later in the story it turns into Third person omniscient‚ and details are given on why the characters act out in the way that they do. If the reader was to have this information delivered to them from a different point of view it would drastically alter and bias

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    beautiful‚ but as we grow older and time slowly and quickly passes we discover that not everything about life is quite so pleasing. Along with the joys and happiness we experience there is also pain‚ sadness and loneliness. Hemingway’s "A CleanWell-Lighted Place‚" and Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" both tell us about older men who are experiencing these dreadful emotions. <br> <br>In Hemingway’s short story there are three characters‚ two waiters and their customer. Of these three

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