Dark vs Light in A Clean Welllighted Place
Dark Against Light in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" The main character in "A Clean, Well- Lighted Place," written by Ernest Hemingway, is the old man. The old man, who remains nameless throughout the short story, comes to the cafe for the light it provides him against the dark night. He stays late into the night, and sits "In the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light." The old man is deaf and finds comfort in the "difference" he feels inside the quiet cafe. The old man struggles with old age and the feeling of nothingness which is representative of the darkness outside of the cafe. The well-lit cafe represents order and cleanliness. Outside in the dark, a young soldier and a girl hurry along the streets. Apparently, the couple intend to go off alone. They symbolize the excitement that can go on in the night between two people. The old man is around eighty years old, and does not have a wife. He doesn't experience this type of relationship in the dark. Rather, he finds company in the clean, well-lighted cafe. Although the only other two people in the cafe at the late hour are the two waiters, the old man finds it content.
experience which does not intimidate him from the dark. The that he lacks everything but work. Similar to the old man, he can comprehend with the aging process. He is not youthful like knows that the old man tried to commit suicide last week, but the younger waiter. He knows that the old man is lonely. That Regardless of the old man's pursuit of light, he sits in the because he does not want to sit in the cafe all night as he order of the light keeps the two others up, and away from the the older waiter that it is not the same.
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Approximate Word count = 1125
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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