A Clean, Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway
	"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway is a story which emphasizes on three age groups that each have a different view of life. By analyzing the three different points of view, we see Hemingway’s perspective of an old man. The short story is about an old man that sits in a very clean bar every so often who drinks away at two o’clock in the morning and is the last one to leave. There are three waiters: one is a young man, one is an older gentleman, and the last is a very old man. All the waiters see him in a different way based on their age.
	The young waiter was in a rush to close the bar an hour earlier because there was only the lonely old man in it. It was two a.m. and the bar is supposed to close at three. This young man throws the old man out of the bar just so he can go into bed with his wife. The young man has absolutely no respect for the older man who is deaf. He yelled at the old man saying, "You should have killed yourself last week." The waiter treats him like an obstacle as if he is slowing down his life.
	The second waiter introduced is a middle-aged man. He does not say much, but it seems as though that this is because he does not want to get in a fight with the younger waiter. All he does is ask the young waiter questions, as if the middle-aged waiter was sort of stuck in a catch twenty-two. The middle aged man felt for the old man but could not express his feelings to the younger waiter.
	Lastly, there is the old waiter. He is some where around the age of the old man that sat at the table. He definitely feels for the man at the table because he knows what it is like to be old and lonely. The waiter says, "I am 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." The waiter knows that the café/bar is a very nice place for people at night, especially the old, because it is clean and well lit. He says, "Each night I am reluctant to close up because there may be someone who needs the café.
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The main focus of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place is on the pain of old age suffered by a man that we meet in a cafe late one night. Hemingway contrasts light and dark to show the difference between this man and the young people around him, and uses his deafness as an image of his separation from the rest of the world.
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All spring and summer the townsfolk spoke about the three bodies that had been found, mangled and slashed. Now, had the three men headed the warning and stayed away from the old man’s house they would still be alive. Instead they were tempted by the greed in their hearts for the money the terrible old man was said to have possession of. This drove them to enter through his gate and knock on the door. They believed that because he was an old man, he would be feeble and week, making him an easy target for
The younger waiter thinks he 's pathetic and asks him to leave. The Older waiter sympathizes with him and believes a clean well lighted place makes someone feel better than being in a dark loud bar. In this story the older waiter is going against the world by saying sometimes people need a break from the rest of the world. Loneliness/depression in a huge factor in the story. The older man Refers the Cafe as the opposite of a bar he can sit at all night and drink. He believes it 's cleaningness gives it a vibe of clarity and light. In an article by Dr. Martin Roth he explains how environment can help improve a person 's depression in older age. Elders who live alone and care for themselves develop a sense of feeling isolated. Being in a happy environment with other people who are happy and seem content can bring themselves to adapt to their mood. In this story the character looks at going against the world as themselves. Doing whatever it is that makes them feel better and content with themselves. Surrounding himself in positive surrounding he feels comfortable
Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver are two of the most influential authors of American literature. Carver’s literary works are often considered to have a close connection to Hemingway’s, because of their similar writing styles, such as simplicity and clarity (Mclnerney, 1989). However, though their works share the same aesthetic feature, their works convey fairly different philosophical inquiry on values of faith and existence. Ernest Hemingway’s A Clean, Well-lighted Place and Carver’s Cathedral are two works with distinctive views on questioning the life and manhood.
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Alienation, anxiety, panic and depression are all common to humans, and yet are often poorly understood, poorly related to, and poorly sympathized for. In reference one last time to Hemmingway’s short story, it is clear that the characters could easily be the same man at different stages in life, and different stages of anxiety over one’s life. A young waiter, healthy and confident with a family life waiting at home. Next, an older waiter, who has nothing waiting at home for him, and suffers alienation and anxiety. Lastly, an old man whose alienation has turned to panic and depression, and thus suicide. This gradual decline is common among our society, and often the young healthy characters portray our hope and dreams, while the older characters convey lost hope, the despair of loneliness and the inevitably of the aging
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The young waiter seems selfish and inconsiderate of anyone else. In the beginning of the story, he's confused why the old man tried to kill himself. "He has plenty of money," he says, as if that's the only thing anyone needs for happiness. When the old man orders another drink, the younger waiter warns him that he'll get drunk, as if to waver his own responsibility rather than to warn the old man for his sake.
In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”, an old man visits the café on a regular basis and drinks heavily. He is sometimes known to get drunk and leave without paying. The older and younger waiter talk about the old man and have very different opinions of the type of life he is living. The older waiter feels very sympathetic for the old man and his need to keep the café open till the old man leaves. The...
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