Tonight he tries to pass the night in a clean, well-lighted place. The young waiter, impatient, to get home to his wife, does not comprehend the importance of this place to this old man's survival. The older waiter, who does understand, walks into the night himself, unable to find his own clean, well-lighted place in which to pass a lonely and sleepless night.

This is a story about lonely old men who have no

It is hard to try to imagine where someone is coming from. That is until you have walked a mile in their shoes. No one can ever truly comprehend what takes place unless you have been there and done that. That is what is wrong with the world today. People are too busy trying to make their point of views and stating their own opinions, that they fail to see where people are coming from or what they are trying to say.

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." Literature: Reading, Reacting, and Writing Fourth Edition. Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen L. Mandell Austin, Texas: Harcourtt, 2001. 261-264.

The story's primary point of view is objective. At times, however, a limited omniscient point of view is used. Was I the only one that noticed that? It is amazing how people will state their point of view even though they are not asked. We have too many of those people in the world today! I really e

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Approximate Word count = 618
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)