Earnest Hemingway
“A Clean Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway captures the emotions of alienation and loneliness. Hemingway uses his three characters to show different aspects of these emotions. The dialogue between the two waiters shows how the older waiter is alone and alienated. Finally, the author uses the word “nada” to emphasize the feeling of nothing, alienation, and loneliness. Through the characters’ views, the feelings of alienation and loneliness are shown. The three characters, a deaf old man, and two waiters all live very different lives. In the very beginning of the story the two waiters are talking about the old man. “ Last week he tried to commit suicide.” the younger waiter said. The older waiter continues to ask why the younger waiter’s reply is that he attempted this over “nothing”. Suicide does not happen over nothing. The deaf man is always alone; he is
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Approximate Word count = 587
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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