Main TopicsDo you think the younger waiter and the older waiter are indeed of two different kinds?
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- Do you think the younger waiter and the older waiter are indeed of two different kinds?
- What does the younger waiter have that the older waiter does not according to the story A Clean Well-Lighted Place?
- How are the two waiters different?
- What kind of attitude does the younger waiter seem to have toward life in general?
- Why does the older waiter appear to have much more empathy for the old man than the younger waiter?
- What is the moral lesson of the story A Clean Well-Lighted Place?
Do you think the younger waiter and the older waiter are indeed of two different kinds?
Do you think the younger waiter and the older waiter are indeed “of two different kinds”? A: Yes; they are both the opposite of each other. The older waiter has insomnia and he feels that when he closes the café that someone who really needs it, can't use that “Clean, well lit place”.
What does the younger waiter have that the older waiter does not according to the story A Clean Well-Lighted Place?
The old waiter shows he has empathy for others who are lonely. When the younger waiter says that the deaf old man who is preventing them from closing the cafe can drink at home, the old waiter says it is not the same to be at home.
How are the two waiters different?
When the older waiter makes a reference to the young man's wife, the young waiter becomes offended and argumentative. The older waiter, in contrast, is patient, unselfish, nonjudgmental, and kind in his treatment of the old man. He wants to remain open so long as the old man might "need" the light of the cafe.
What kind of attitude does the younger waiter seem to have toward life in general?
dismissive attitude Unlike the older waiter, who thinks deeply—perhaps too deeply—about life and those who struggle to face it, the younger waiter demonstrates a dismissive attitude toward human life in general.
Why does the older waiter appear to have much more empathy for the old man than the younger waiter?
The old waiter is shown to be empathetic, since he carefully considers what led the old drunk to attempt suicide the week before, imagining what it must be like to be 80 and without a wife. He decides that “nothing” was the cause for the attempted suicide—life's meaninglessness, in other words.
What is the moral lesson of the story A Clean Well-Lighted Place?
Life as Nothingness In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” Hemingway suggests that life has no meaning and that man is an insignificant speck in a great sea of nothingness.
