There are many badly written stories that are comprised of nothing. ... One of these stories is Ernest Hemingway's A Clean, Well-Lighted Place. ... During the time that the story was written and published, Hemingway was living in Paris and traveling throughout Europe. ... Hemingway generally subscribed to this theory. ... And, it is this feeling that Hemingway captures clearly in his short story A Clean, Well-Lighted Place....

• Word Count: 719
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The short story "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," written by Ernest Hemingway, is about two waiters in a Spanish café who are discussing their last customer of the night, an elderly and lonely drunk man. Hemingway uses a writing style that is straightforward and rarely incorporates adjectives, but his story is loaded with symbolism. ... The waiter went away" (Hemingway). Hemingway does not waste words in this story. ... Light is the opposite of darkness, a major theme in the story. ...

• Word Count: 549
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The short story "Soldier's Home,"" by Ernest Hemingway, is about a soldier named Krebs who reveals the shock of re-entry into life after war. ... Krebs is the central character in the story who didn't keep faith in himself when he came back from war. Before the war, he was a college student and Hemingway includes a picture of, "him among his fraternity brothers, all of them wearing exactly the same height and style collar " (Hemingway,133). ... Mihiel, and in the Argonne,"" (Hemingway,133) which was one of the violent war events that occurred in WWI. ... I know what your own dear gra...

• Word Count: 748
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Ernest Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea" and Jack London's short story "To build a Fire" put both powers on display. ... So which story is correct? ... Hemingway also uses the sharks in a more realistic sense. It was often been said that Hemingway's sharks are symbolic of his critics tearing and devouring his works. ... Hemingway must have wanted to link the poor fisher man to Christ. ...

• Word Count: 1216
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Hemingway, in The Old Man and the Sea , examines the struggles of man and nature through the eyes of the protagonist, Santiago. ... An example being the Marlin in this story, he considers him a brother, but yet he has to kill him. ... During the story he also remembers arm wrestling with a Negro from Ceinfuegos (pg. 69). ... The final struggle starts with a large circle and slowly turned into a short line. Short enough so the man could see the Marlin (pg. 86). ...

• Word Count: 540
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School