The conversation starts out with the narrator setting up the story and the scene, as most do. An indication is made about the setting in the cafe with the leaves giving a shadow and hence telling us that the story was taking place on a patio or street of the cafe. An old man that was deaf and seems to be on hard times, which he was, especially after finding out that he had recently tried to commit suicide. One of the waiters who's table the old man was sitting at began to get impatient with him just sitting there taking up his time, that he felt was better suited for sleep since three-o-clock in the morning was too late for bedtime. This was one indicator of the waiter's age, his impatience was most likely derived from his youthfulness and preoccupation with a young family at home.

nts made by the younger waiter like, "You'll be drunk" and "You should have killed yourself last week", began to encourage the older waiter to take up for the old man and let his true feelings out instead of being passive and courteous as he had been in previous conversation. As the ensuing conversation takes place between the waiters we begin to realize each one's priorities and what relationship that the old man plays in their lives. The older waiter began to recognize himself in the old man, not mentioning anything about a family of his own at home. Another reason the older waiter sympathized with

The older waiter and the old man seem to both be suffering from depression, however, the older man was in a far more advanced state of the problem. The older waiter could see that his life of loneliness would eventually perpetuate into what he had experience that night during his visit with the other waiter and how th

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)