play in are fenced front yard. Having had plenty of toys to play with‚ all the neighborhood kids would come to play at my house. I remember always having the ability to start a project and follow through to its completion from setting up my hot wheels racetrack or making my bed. When the group kids came over to play‚ the decision were made by me on how to play‚ what type of games to do‚ choosing whom I wanted on my team. We were always successful game endings. My self-esteem was pretty high
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Well-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 to commit suicide‚ but
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the morning. A young waiter is upset‚ wishing that the old man would leave so that he and the older waiter could close the café and go home. However‚ the older waiter realizes that the old man must be lonely‚ especially since he had attempted to hang himself the week before. When the old man finally leaves the waiters close the café‚ with the younger waiter going home to his family and the older waiter wandering the streets to find his own clean‚ well-lit place. The older waiter strongly identifies
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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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” 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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RULES OF TABLE SERVICE 1. Smile and be cheerful when serving/ attending to customers. 2. Serve all drinks and solids from the right. 3. Serve bread and butter from the left. 4. Present food from the left. 5. Use your farthest hand when serving. 6. Never show your thumb on the edges of the plate. 7. Never reach in front of the guest or across the guest to serve another guest. 8. Serve ladies first. If these are children‚ serve them first‚ the lady next‚ then the gentlemen
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