A Clean Well Lighted Place- Ernest Hemmingway Summary

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place Theme Analysis I wouldnt want to be that aging. An mature manhood is a nasty thing. not always. This of age(predicate)ish man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk. Look at him. -Ernest Hemmingway The reputation written by Ernest Hemmingway submits of a deaf old man who is in conversation with others at a coffeehouse in the late wickedness hours. The others in the storys setting part a epoch-making difference of age and opinion. It seems they depict their ages as stages of brio.The story contains a big bucks of noteworthy symbols, behaviors and decisions that give us hints as to what the story is supposed to represent. Characters within the story are divided into four age groups, each having diverse theatrical roleistics and behaviors, however all waiting for their time to in which they face the required and depart from the physical realm of living and into what follows. The old man is describe as a deaf and depressed man who tried to reach his life away a week prior the storys setting.It is said in the story the man is financially stable and is a frequent guest in the cafe that is well lighted and clean, hostile bars or bodegas . The story also is able to show the old mans l whizzliness, sadness, and distress. Also, the waiters are sharing signifi tin cant differences between them the puppylike waiter is in a hurry to leave work and go home to his wife, he is unsympathetic for the old man, he shows a disliking to him, and displays fight off towards the idea of crapting old and the old man himself. It seems as if the juvenility barman has no appreciation for the old man life and holds no regard to it.Unlike the older barkeeper who tries to understand the old mans condition and is curious of his self-destruction guarantee. The older waiter himself is not in the hurry, after leaving work he goes to the bar to get a drink and then finally falls asleep upon the dawn. The at long last characters , however not as significant solely symbolic, are a young soldier and a young girl who are expert strolling through the street at nighttime. The story reveals interesting patterns based on the age of characters. The young couple strolling through the street at night gives us as an image of how young people are plain and independent.Having their whole life in front of them, they explore their surroundings, strive for in the altogether experiences and enjoy life without taking a break to stop and mobilise where it is leading. The young bartender is a described to be in the close level in life. He is probably one or perchance two decades older then the soldier and young girl. Hemmingway gives us verificatory hints of the characteristics in which a middle stage life in an liberal would exhibit. The young bartender is in a hurry to leave the cafe and go home to his wife. I wouldnt want to be that old he says during the dialog with another bartender.At some point, upset intimate ly having to serve the old man who prevents him to close up the cafe and go home he even says, He should have killed himself last week. It shows how this character is captivated by own needs and wants. It shows his life as having objective or meaning, time for himself, and an outlook for the future of him and his family. Perhaps, at this point of life, Hemmingway tries to tell us that people are confined within their own face-to-face spaces, living a fast-paced life and trying to accomplish as much as possible with no little regard towards others.They do not look towards lifes philosophy and take that sexual climax very lightly carefully avoiding the truth behind life, because theyre scarce disgusted by it. Conceivably, materialistic good is a measure of gratification at that age. The conversation between him and the other bartender reveals that in his encephalon despair over life couldnt be caused by anything but money. When the older bartender tells him hes got everything confidence, youth and work, the young bartender simply replies Come on. Stop talking nonsense. . . .The older bartender, no doubt, is close at hand(predicate) emotionally to the old man. He is far from being in a hurry. The sight of the financially well old man who frequently girdle until the last possible drink at the cafe, and has tried to commit felo-de-se week before captivates him. In a way he can relate to the old man, and views him as someone who, like him, has contributed his time and life by years. He questions the younger bartender about circumstances somewhat his suicide attempt as well as trying to nurse the old man from arrogant opinions expressed by his co-worker. Why didnt you let him stay and drink? the old waiter asks the younger bartender when he refused to serve the old man anyto a greater extent even though the time for closing was an hour away. Then he concludes I am of those who do not want to go to bed. I am with all those who need a light for the night . . . We are two of dissimilar kinds. The author leaves it to our liking to interpret what the bartender meant by the light for the night however the preeminence between two characters that is linked to their age is significant.The older waiter is slow getting through the stage of life preceding that of the old unaccompanied man. The light might be a symbol for the hope or motivation for the life to continue. Younger characters of the story did not have a need for that hope as they had everything confidence, youth, work and most importantly the time. The old man is the most important figure in the story. Even though he is not part of conversation and does not say more than simple words, he is a symbol of the last stage of ones life. Hemmingway shows that stage as depressing, a lonely time in ones life.He shows the old man as having realized the meaningless of life, the old mans need to move on. The suicide attempt was significant as well as the fact that the old man was dea f, because it shows the mans loneliness, his need to be with others, and is desperate attempt to end the silence, he feels he is confined to his own lonely thoughts by being deaf and wants nothing more than to end the silence with finish, because death or life means nothing to him. The story is constructed in a very enlightening way by including the different age groups and the different opinions of life and its worth to others.It is interesting to see the personal credit lineing views of the individuals as they locomote through life and all its experiences. Take the epigraph above it shows to vivid contrast between the old and the young bartender. The young bartender shows his disgust in getting old, and his avoidance of it, while the old bartender in his reference shares his appreciation for maturity and the lifes worth. It is something to take from this story that as we all live to understand life and its meaning with different views and opinions, we share one thing in common and that is the inevitable.