In the story, "A Clean Well-Lighted Place,"" Hemingway focuses on the older waiter who has a realistic understanding of the significance of "nada,"" in this world and it actually keeps him up at night. With his understanding, he can empathize with the lonely old man that sits alone night after night in a "well-lighted café-. The younger waiter is more impatient and is ready to go home to his "wife waiting in bed."" He cares very little about the old man's need for a dignified refuge at night. The story illustrates through characterization and verbal irony what it means to cope with the harsh realization that everything we are and everything our society is based on is empty.
Hemingway presents two kinds of characters, those unaware of the emptiness of life and those that are privy to it. The younger waiter is oblivious to what this life has in store for him; he is only concerned about going home to his wife and, as Nathan Kotas writes in his article "Text Anomalies and the Waiters' Characters,"" " shows all the impatience of youth and an uncaring attitude towards the old man."" The old man and the older waiter, on the other hand, are cognizant of the "nothingness- that surrounds them. The old man, "tried to commit suicide."" Both men can be described as broken, but they still have their dignity. For them life has "no priori order or value system, on which (they) may intelligently depend and predict a future- (Bennett 75). The soldier and the old man are related as well, he is scurrying down the dark street with a woman presumed to be a prostitute after curfew. He is "disillusioned- and "no more concerned about military regulations then the old man is concerned about financial regulations- (Bennett 77). Harbor or refuge is sought by the soldier from his life of rules and regulations, not with a clean well-lighted café, but in the arms of a woman.
The older waiter, imbue with a dry humor,"" as Nathan Kotas describes him, uses subtle verbal irony; understanding this is essential to understanding the main theme of the story.
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place Ernest Hemmingway uses several types of styles of writing in A Clean, Well-Lighted Place. ... Hemmingway also is very repetitive about the events that take place through out this selection. ... It is well lighted. Then later is repeated that statement with him when he said "I dislike bars- A clean, well-lighted cafe was a very different thing. ... A Clean, Well-Lighted Place. ...
The story "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway centers around a conversation between two waiters while working together in a Spanish cafe. ... The older waiter is the exact opposite, as he understands despair only too well. ... The old man on the other hand, has nothing no one to go home to, nothing to look forward to, no pleasure in his life except to be able to spend some time in "a clean well-lighted place"... In this story Hemingway uses the images of the contrast between light and dark. The cafe' is a "Clean Well Lighted Place". ...
A Clean Well-lighted Place "A clean well-lighted place-, written by Ernest Hemingway, is a story that takes place in a well lighted café where an old deaf man, who is a client, and two waiters have to stay late at night. ... This is a clean and pleasant café. It is well lighted. ... Both like this quiet place in particular because light is abundant, it is clean and that is what they are looking for. ... Finally, it is obvious that security takes a big place in the story and the way that the characters can get it through their needs and light is illustrated very well. ...
"A Clean Well Lighted Place" and "Hills Like White Elephants" Two of Ernest Hemingway's most famously short, short stories are "A Clean Well Lighted Place" and "Hills Like White Elephants." ... In "A Clean Well Lighted Place" and "Hills Like White Elephants," Hemingway emphasizes the use dialogue to convey the feelings of the characters involved in the story. In "Clean Well Lighted Place," there are four characters in the story, but no exchange involves more than two at any one moment. ... In the story "A Clean Well - Lighted Place," Hemingway uses the darkness to symbolize...
The old man in "A Clean Well Lighted Place- is a lonely character who has no one close to him left in this world. ... He rationalizes that the café provides a place for the old man that he likes to be at, a place of stability for the old man or as stated by the Magill Book review, "The clean, well-lighted café is a little island of order in the midst of the nothingness of reality."" (4) It is a clean place as compared to the local bars and bodegas. (7) When the old waiter goes to the bar at the end he judges the bar and decides to himself that the café is what the old m...
In Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," the central idea of the story deals with the loneliness and despair associated with old age. ... The old man in the story sought merely to enjoy a drink in the company of a clean, well-lighted place. ... The old man slowly gets up and leaves, walking with dignity even though he has been thrown out of the cafe, a place where he felt comfort against the terrors of the night. ... In conclusion, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" could be Hemingway's portrayal of life as he views it. ... But, after visiting a bar, he felt better with himsel...
"A Clean Well-Lighted Place- by Ernest Hemingway In the story "A Clean Well Lighted Place-, Ernest Hemingway reveals the conflict of loneliness versus comfort by creating a café that is more than just a place to eat. ... Perhaps the old man seeks out this well lighted place to comfort his dark and lonely life. ...
The story "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place", written by Ernest Hemingway shows the reader the problems between the young and old the generations. ... With all those who need a light for the night". ... In my opinion, the title of the story "A Clean, Well - Lighted Place" has two meanings. First, the older waiter makes sure that this cafe is always a clean, well-lighted place for the people who are lonely. ... Every person needs a clean well-lighted place. ...
The waiter who speaks these words, in a Clean Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway, realizes that his café is more than just a place to eat and drink. ... The use of shadows and light, along with solitude, gives the sense of loneliness. ... "Turning off the electric light he continued the conversation with himself. It is the light of course but it is necessary that the place be clean and pleasant. ... It is important that the café be well-lighted to counteract the old man's dark and lonely life. ...
