between the two waiters. One can see many themes that Hemingway uses throughout the story. For example‚ aging seems to be a main issue in the story. His text and choice of words give the reader a gloomy tone‚ especially in the beginning of the story: "It was late and every one had left the café except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light" (154). This shadow shows the darkness in relation to the deaf old man. We come across two waiters in the story
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’Last week he tried to commit suicide‚" one waiter said’ and ends with ’The waiter watched him go down the street‚ a very old man walking unsteadily but with dignity.’ The second scene is the conversation between the married waiter whose wife is waiting for him at home and the older but lonely waiter. This scene begins as soon as the old drunken customer leaves the restaurant. It begins thus‚ ’ "Why didn’t you let him stay and drink?" the unhurried waiter asked. They were putting up the shutters
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story tells about an old man whom the details of his life are revealed through the conversation of the young waiter and the old waiter. The old waiter understands as much as the young waiter despises the old man’s staying in the café all night. As the young waiter is in a hurry to go home for he has a wife waiting for him‚ he made the old man finish his drink and let him leave. The old waiter is left in the café talking to himself. Consequently‚ it was revealed that it was because of nothingness that
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vision‚ they can cope with the nothingness even outside of the cafe. The old waiter is a prime example. At times the old man lacks these qualities thus not being able to cope with the darkness. On the other hand‚ the young waiter has no concept of this idea thus making him not even realize how powerful it can be. The old waiter is the most important character in "A Clean Well-Lighted Place." The old waiter has completely grasped the concept of nada and is able to deal with it. Hemingway
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“Cathedral” the main characters are the wife‚ the husband‚ and Robert. The husband is the antagonist while Robert is the protagonist. In “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” the three main characters are a customer who is an old man‚ a young waiter and older waiter. The younger waiter is the antagonist in while the old man is the protagonist. Both stories share the similarities between their characters that the protagonist and antagonist are both men. Robert in “Catherdral” is a friend of the antagonist’s wife
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Clean Well-Lighted Place‚ by Ernest Hemingway we see conversation between two waiters that work at an all night cafe. While they are working always every night a deaf drunken suicidal man comes to the cafe to countuin to booze leaving the younger waiter in pure anger because he claims to have more important things to go like go home to his wife than to pour more brandy for man. While on the other hand the older waiter is no rush to leave the cafe because they have no reason to leave and because they
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universe‚ regards human existence as unexplainable‚ and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one’s acts.” The most prominent theme of existentialism is that of nothingness. This is featured in the story through the old waiter when he comes to the conclusion that without motivation to live‚ one wanders in a world of nothingness. This story highlights issues like depression‚ isolation‚ aging and anguish‚ but are all centered on the theme of existentialism. One of the
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place while the waiters talk about the old man’s recent attempt of suicide. The younger waiter wants to go home and is inconsiderate towards the old man. He wishes the old man would have already killed himself so he can go home. The rising action allows for a smooth transition from exposition to climax. The climax is where the conflict reaches the high point in the story. The younger waiter intentionally overfills the old man’s glass to make him drunk. Once the old man is drunk the waiter denies him
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religion‚ although comforting‚ is just as meaningless in the end as a man is. “It was all nothing and a man was a nothing too”(5). Another time this is used in the story is when the waiters discuss the old man’s attempted suicide. The older waiter responds that he tried to kill himself over “nothing”. The young waiter interprets this as “no reason” and scoffs‚ saying that it doesn’t make sense. However‚ the reason actually is “nothing”; “nothing” being the emptiness that is present in all of us‚ and
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their own life can go from one extreme to another. Allowing suicide as a final option to surface for some. The story is told from a total omniscience narrator‚ allowing the reader to gain better knowledge of the three main characters; the two waiters who work at the café‚ and the deaf old man who enjoys looking out upon the empty street‚ as well as their lives outside of the café. “In the day time the street was dusty‚ but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because
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