关于海明威的"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"
Appreciating the short story "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place":
Who was the writer of this short story? What are his major novels? What other works of his have you read? How do you like it? What do you think is the theme of this short story?
This story was written by Ernest Hemingway.His major works are A Farewell to Arms in 1929,For Whom the Bell Tolls in 1940 and The Old Man and the Sea in 1952.I had read two novels of him, A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea.Especially The Old Man and the Sea,the story of an old fisherman's journey,his long and lonely struggle with a fish and the sea,and his victory in defeat,so I like it very much.
The theme of this story
This story talks about loneliness.Nada(Nothingness) was an important theme and key word of this story.It consists of three forms: the consciousness of death,the awareness of bitterness and the consciousness of absurdity.And the characters in the story were despaired,depressed and aimless
question：what besides insomnia makes the older waiter reluctant to go to bed？comment especially on his meditation with its nada refrain. why does he so well understand the old man's need for a cafe? what does the cafe represent for the two of them?
The old man is afraid of the darkness and loneliness,He need cafe's whiskey to encourage himself to live,to insist.
The cafe represent the soul shelter or the rest harbor for the two.The old man is badlly treated to be desperate and in despair.。