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“A Clean, Well Lighted Place� by Ernest Hemingway is a short story investigating the meaning and purpose of life. Hemingway uses the character of the old waiter to address the question of whether or not one’s purpose in life depreciates when there seems to be nothing left to look forward to.
In the short story, there are three main characters: an old man, and two waiters; one young and the other older. It is through these characters and the dialogue between the two waiters that we gain information about the story and the character themselves. The story begins with the old man sitting in the café and the waiters are talking about him. The young waiter is complaining to the older waiter about the fact that the old man never seems to leave the café before two in the morning and does not allow him to get home and in his bed before three. The older waiter seems unbiased and is almost like an observer not saying much but as the story progresses, we learn more about him.
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