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In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”, Hemingway uses themes of depression and life as nothingness by using symbols, and imagery. Two waiters in a Spanish café are waiting late one night for their last customer to leave. As they wait, they talk about the old, deaf man sitting at the bar. It is revealed that he has recently attempted suicide. The younger waiter in the café is very agitated and wants the old man to go home. He says, “I wish the suicide attempt had been successful. The younger waiter says that he has a wife waiting for him at home, and is very unsympathetic. The older waiter sympathizes and tells the young waiter that the old man had once had a wife as well. The old man eventually leaves when the young waiter denied him any further drinks. The old man explains that drinking in the café is completely different than drinking at home. He describes the old man as, “One of those who like to stay late at the café… with all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night.” He is reluctant to close because there could be a lot of people that may need the café. The older waiter points out that the bright atmosphere of the café is different than that of a pub. After the younger waiter leaves, the older one asks himself why he needs a clean, well-lighted place. The answer is that he needs a contrast of order because of “a nothing that

In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” the narrator describes the importance of the cafe compared to all the other places that are open to convey the idea of loneliness and despair. Through the use of imagery, symbolism, point of view and, allegory Ernest Hemingway establishes a connection between the older waiter and the deaf guy, as he illustrates the significance the well-lit cafe brings to their lonely night. As the waiters discuss their thoughts on being open so late, the older waiter claims to be one of those who enjoy the aura of the cafe being open so late compared to other places. “With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night.“ The role the cafe plays to diminish loneliness and despair does not go unrecognized by the older waiter and deaf guy who find their escape in that clean well-lit cafe. Loneliness screams louder at night for those who walk through it by themselves. They look to find comfort in a well-lit place with a calm and pleasant aura. The feeling displayed between the old deaf man and older waiter does not register with the younger waiter who does not understand the search of finding peace found in the cafe. The younger waiter has a wife to go home to as the older deaf man and older waiter have nothing and that is their escape from their dark loneliness, the cafe. Since it is clear that Ernest Hemingway has established that the old deaf man

The importance of a good setting cannot be underestimated when writing a novel. Throughout the novel the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses various locations to express many important ideas and themes hidden in the text. These locations not only shape the plot but they also influence various characters. Locations such as New York, the Valley of Ashes and East and West egg are all used by Fitzgerald to represent many reoccurring themes.

There is an apparent unity seen between the old man and the older waiter. Opposite from the young waiter, the older waiter and old man seem devastatingly lonely and worn out by life. While the young waiter is rude and insistently talks down to the old man, the older waiter defends him. He too understands and appreciates a clean, well-lighted café opposed to a bar or bodega. The older men understand each other without there being any communication between them. In the final line the reader is able to truly understand the older waiters view of his own morality, “He disliked bars and bodegas. A clean, well-lighted café was a very different thing. Now, without thinking further, he went home to his room. He would lie in the bed and finally,

Sinclair Ross’ “The Lamp at Noon” effectively showcases the power of imagery. When used correctly, it can ameliorate the tone, theme and overall experience that the author may be trying to create for the reader. To begin, Ross’ potent use of imagery works to establish a specific setting and mood to commence the narrative. This is exhibited when the narrator states, “In dim, fitful outline the stable and oat granary still were visible; beyond, obscuring fields and landmarks, the lower of dust clouds made the farmyard seem an isolated acre, poised aloft above a sombre void” (Ross 62). This pictorial description of the setting delivers a specific, forlorn mood and ambience to enhance the reader’s understanding and of the setting to further improve the experience of

The spot people are staying at is illuminated. One of the styles of the Hudson River School painters’ is a greater emphasis on the quality of the light in specific scenes. Church went further by extending the richness of his visions into greater, but a very realistic view. The sunlight looks very bright, but natural and people seem to be moving along with the light. Such a technique can be interpreted as a symbolism in this painting. The sunshine covers the strangers and illuminates their way into forest. This is showing the willingness of the nature to let people explore its treasures and the patronage over them. By putting the explorers on the foreground of the picture, on the very bottom of it, the author expresses the idea of the beginning of their adventurous trip to taming the

The setting of this story is in a swamp where it is dark and mysterious. It makes you feel like you are going to read about a dangerous tale. I think this setting helps set the tone for the story. The author uses parts of the setting to tell the story, like the great tree in the swamp that is rotten on the inside, representing

For example, the setting of the novel is that Billie Jo and her family are living in the middle of the Dust Bowl. The meaningful phrase “A sea of dust” (33), is an excellent example because it created an imagery of the storm.

The setting of a story is more than a description of time and place. In “The Sniper” and “The Possibility of Evil,” the setting can either be a direct allusion to the meaning of the story or a disguise of what the theme will actually be. The setting can present the meaning and affect the events in the story. For example, “Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through the clouds,” (The Sniper, 1).

Significant Locations of the novella Of Mice and Men Throughout the course of John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ nearly all of the locations play a significant role in the development and overall meaning of the story: the author includes multiple scenes of which take on underlying connotations and metaphorical motifs. During the period in which the novel takes place (Nineteen thirties America) the global economy was experiencing widespread recession caused by the effects of the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929, this led to a rise in unemployment, the lowering of personal wages and a mass migration to find what little employment was available. This directly coincides with the situation of the two protagonists of the book as well

Ernest Hemingway's short story, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," first published in 1933, is written in his characteristic terse style. It is the story of two waiters having a conversation in a café, just before closing up and going home for the night. They cannot leave because they still have a customer. One is anxious to get home to his wife, while the other sympathizes with the old man sitting at the table. Without realizing it, they are discussing the meaning of life.

Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” is the story of a nameless hiker traveling with his dog who has gone into the Alaskan winter with only enough to make fire, and one meal. He is making his journey by foot to meet up with his friends at a camp that lies a day ahead. He has prior experience with cold temperatures but his overconfident manner doesn’t allow him to make reasonable decisions throughout his journey. As the weather gets colder his confidence in survival quickly decreases causing him to regret his decision to ignore lifesaving advice from an experienced man. London portrays a theme of death in this short story and more is learned about the process of the characters thoughts; this shows the struggles the man faces as he comes to a harsh realization in the cold of the Alaskan wilderness.

In the story “A Clean, Well- Lighted Place” by Earnest Hemingway begins with the main character and his co-worker in a café. The two are analyzing, and discussing a deaf, drunk Oldman, who is their last customer of the day. As the deaf old man insists on having more whiskey, the main character informs the young waiter as to why and how the old man tried to commit suicide. They began to converse about the Oldman’s depressed life. The younger waiter is in a rush to go home to his wife, while the older waiter is patient and he stands up for the Oldman, being able to relate to him. Hemingway’s sentence structure and writing style represents the comparison and contrast between setting, people, and objects, along with emphasizing how it is to have and be nothing.

This story was written by Hemingway in 1933. It details an evening's interaction between two waiters, and their differing perspectives of life. Hemingway uses an old man as a patron to demonstrate the waiter's philosophies. Hemingway is also visible in the story as the old man, someone who society says should be content, but has a significant empty feeling inside. What follows is a line-by-line analysis, putting emphasis on the philosophies of the waiters.

A clean well lighted place by Ernest Hemingway has a few themes that stand out clearly but the one theme that stands out to me is despair. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, despair means to lose all hope or confidence. In the story, the older waiter and the old deaf man somehow share a common bond of despair. Both men are of age and like to be out, late at night, alone. Asides from the story alone, the theme of the story can be brought out by the setting. The setting contributes to the story’s theme in different ways. The setting contributes to the mood of the story, to the structure of the story, and to the lesson of the story. The café represents salvation for despair which is shown through the setting of the