A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

Part I of Essay
This story was written by Hemingway in 1933. It details an evening\\'s interaction between two waiters, and their differing perspectives of life. Hemingway uses an old man as a patron to demonstrate the waiter\\'s philosophies. Hemingway is also visible in the story as th ....

Part II of Essay
.... waiters monitor the old man, they younger waiter mentions that the old man tried to kill himself in the previous week. The older waiter asks why, and the younger tells him that he had no reason to kill himself because he had \\"plenty of money.\\" The older waiter lets the conversation drop after he hears this, because this statement shows the younger waiter\\'s perspective. The older waiter seems to have empathy for the older patron, where the younger waiter has ill feelings to the customer. The older waiter seems to be more aware of ....