A Clean Well Lighted Place Reading Response

 Write a brief analysis of the two waiters.  What do they represent about life? What does the café symbolize?

The older waiter kind of seems like he likes to go late and stay at cafes and is reluctant to go home at night so he understands. He tries to explain to the young waiter that he stays up because he likes it but the younger waiter doesn’t listen and just says that he is lonely. I think the old man and the old waiter are lonely

The younger waiter is mean and insensitive and is very self-centered he states that he is not lonely and has a wife waiting for him. He doesn’t care that other people don’t have what he has and doesn’t recognize that the café is a refuge for people that are lonely

The café represents the opposite of nothingness the cleanliness and good lighting make me think of order and clarity nothingness is chaotic confusing and dark the café is so different fro nothing the older waiter kind of describes it as a natural refuge for people in despair   

How does Hemingway use light and dark as symbols? How do the shadows fit in?

Well the darkness and shadows kind of symbolize fear and the light is kind of a distraction from the dark

I think that they did a pretty good job making the short film like the story but I think one thing they didn't mention that he was deaf.and that he wasnt outsided like he was in the story. I thought those were kind of important parts that they didn't put in the movie that they should have put in. I thought the actors the director chose were perfect because that's really what you picture in the story obviously because the young, middle age, and old I maybe expected the middle age guy to be a little older but I think after watching it I thought that they did a really good job. The setting I thought was different from the story because like I said the Old guy was outside in the story and he was inside in the  film which kind of confused me. I thought the lighting was perfect for the story because it was well-lighted in the cafe in the bar so it showed that they were both good places to go. I thought the music was really good to because it was sort of eerie and created mystery which was a good choice for the film.