1. THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place- takes place after 2 a.m. in a Spanish café that employs two waiters, one old and one young. The only customer that is still in the café is an old deaf man that is a frequent customer and is quite drunk. In the night (or early morning) in which this story takes place, the young waiter is in a hurry to get home to his wife. Although the café is not closing, the young waiter lies to the old man saying that the café is closed, and forces the deaf man to leave early. Following this incident, the older waiter protest th...
A Light for the Night Since before recorded history, the main goal of much of human existence has been the constant battle to escape the darkness that pervades the world. From simple flint and tinder fires of the Paleolithic era to the neon massiveness that is modern day Las Vegas, humanity is ...