Every night at the Café, there was mature man about 80 years old who was drinking brandy. It was really late but for him it was the perfect time to relax on that kind of place than in any other bar, while inside the café there were two waiters watching him. The two men talked about the mature man. The mature man is deaf but he tries to talk to the waiter through his action. The waiter poured another brandy to the mature man and went back into their station, and then the two waiters talk again. They talk about the life of the mature man, of him being lonely and alone. There was sympathy through the side of the waiters but unfortunately the young waiter wants to go home early for his family, He was really impatient and he ask the mature man to leave, and so he did.
After the mature man left, the two waiters had an argument because for the old waiter he understand that the mature man needs a place in peace while for the young waiter there are so many bar and what’s important for him is he can go home early.
And so the two waiters close the Café, the young waiter immediately went home while the older one try to go to a place where he can see many lights, he took a glass of drink and went away because for him there’s no peace in that place. A Clean, Well – Lighted Place is what they need if they seek for peace and want to enjoy life. He went home and lay down on his bed.
In this story there are three main characters: the young and old waiter and the mature man. In the beginning of the story the center of discussion is the mature man; he is sort of lonely and alone. He commit suicide, perhaps before in his younger age he had a complete - happy family and a loving wife but unfortunately those things were eventually gone, so he feel miserable and try to search for peace and he found it on the café but despite of his scenario in life he try to be a dignified man.
While the young waiter is in the prime of his life, he has a family and a wife that’s why he was insisting to go home early. He might be a selfish in the story and he doesn’t have consideration through the mature man but he just wants to be with his family and appreciates them while he has a time. There was a line there when he said, “He has confidence because he has youth and a job” but what if despite of that he was still afraid? Perhaps he was seeing himself on the shoe of the mature man. That’s why his personality towards him is unpleasant because he might see his future as same as him.
While the other main character which was the old waiter understand the mature man unlike the young waiter, there’s was a time when he sympathize to the mature man it’s like he has the same life as him.
The characters have some conflict or issues regarding to themselves, they have different scenario which include their problems in their lives especially in their intrapersonal relationship, they look like they all searching for something. The dialogue of the characters clearly reflects to their personalities.
The two waiters talked about the mature man as he tries to kill himself. It was started when the mature man went to the café when he usually stays at night when he wanted to drink, and despite his wealth he was still in despair. The story is exciting when the two characters (mature man and young waiter) had an interaction. The young waiter approach the mature man when he ask for another glass of brandy until the young waiter express his impatience because the mature man ask another glass, he insist to the mature man that there’s no more for tonight.
And the mature man went away and the climax is when the young and old waiter had a simple argument/discussion about leaving of the mature man. On those parts you can see the intense of the two main characters, where we can see their personalities and their perception in life. Well the conflict did not actually resolve. At the end, the old waiter compare other bar or bodegas in their Café and why did the mature man prefer to drink in A Clean, Well – Lighted Place rather than to a place with music and full of different lights.
The story is narrated by the use of the limited third person, by using of the pronoun “He” indicating the characters because in the story the author describes the movement and expression of the characters but not what’s on their mind. When the story change into another point of view, the main characters also change and we can identify who had a lead and second role. When we used the first person, automatically the author includes in the story and I think its advantage because the content of the story become clearer than before. But on the other side, the author really wants to stress the mystery of this story because after you read it there are so many questions entering on your mind.
In my opinion the story is good; I’m happy with it but still I’m not really contented. What if the author tells about the reason why the mature man is in despair? What if he tells about the future of them? What if the young waiter let the mature man to stay just for awhile? Perhaps they can have a happy ending, and maybe the readers will easily understand the attitude of one of the main character. Or perhaps we can visualize more things than letting the story end. But all in all the choice of words are very considerate because the author used simple words and the flow of the story was great. Now, I can understand why the story entitled “A Clean, Well – Lighted Place” it is because some person prefer to find peace in a place like that than to hang out to a bar that is full of music and lights.
After the mature man left, the two waiters had an argument because for the old waiter he understand that the mature man needs a place in peace while for the young waiter there are so many bar and what’s important for him is he can go home early.
And so the two waiters close the Café, the young waiter immediately went home while the older one try to go to a place where he can see many lights, he took a glass of drink and went away because for him there’s no peace in that place. A Clean, Well – Lighted Place is what they need if they seek for peace and want to enjoy life. He went home and lay down on his bed.
In this story there are three main characters: the young and old waiter and the mature man. In the beginning of the story the center of discussion is the mature man; he is sort of lonely and alone. He commit suicide, perhaps before in his younger age he had a complete - happy family and a loving wife but unfortunately those things were eventually gone, so he feel miserable and try to search for peace and he found it on the café but despite of his scenario in life he try to be a dignified man.
While the young waiter is in the prime of his life, he has a family and a wife that’s why he was insisting to go home early. He might be a selfish in the story and he doesn’t have consideration through the mature man but he just wants to be with his family and appreciates them while he has a time. There was a line there when he said, “He has confidence because he has youth and a job” but what if despite of that he was still afraid? Perhaps he was seeing himself on the shoe of the mature man. That’s why his personality towards him is unpleasant because he might see his future as same as him.
While the other main character which was the old waiter understand the mature man unlike the young waiter, there’s was a time when he sympathize to the mature man it’s like he has the same life as him.
The characters have some conflict or issues regarding to themselves, they have different scenario which include their problems in their lives especially in their intrapersonal relationship, they look like they all searching for something. The dialogue of the characters clearly reflects to their personalities.
The two waiters talked about the mature man as he tries to kill himself. It was started when the mature man went to the café when he usually stays at night when he wanted to drink, and despite his wealth he was still in despair. The story is exciting when the two characters (mature man and young waiter) had an interaction. The young waiter approach the mature man when he ask for another glass of brandy until the young waiter express his impatience because the mature man ask another glass, he insist to the mature man that there’s no more for tonight.
And the mature man went away and the climax is when the young and old waiter had a simple argument/discussion about leaving of the mature man. On those parts you can see the intense of the two main characters, where we can see their personalities and their perception in life. Well the conflict did not actually resolve. At the end, the old waiter compare other bar or bodegas in their Café and why did the mature man prefer to drink in A Clean, Well – Lighted Place rather than to a place with music and full of different lights.
The story is narrated by the use of the limited third person, by using of the pronoun “He” indicating the characters because in the story the author describes the movement and expression of the characters but not what’s on their mind. When the story change into another point of view, the main characters also change and we can identify who had a lead and second role. When we used the first person, automatically the author includes in the story and I think its advantage because the content of the story become clearer than before. But on the other side, the author really wants to stress the mystery of this story because after you read it there are so many questions entering on your mind.
In my opinion the story is good; I’m happy with it but still I’m not really contented. What if the author tells about the reason why the mature man is in despair? What if he tells about the future of them? What if the young waiter let the mature man to stay just for awhile? Perhaps they can have a happy ending, and maybe the readers will easily understand the attitude of one of the main character. Or perhaps we can visualize more things than letting the story end. But all in all the choice of words are very considerate because the author used simple words and the flow of the story was great. Now, I can understand why the story entitled “A Clean, Well – Lighted Place” it is because some person prefer to find peace in a place like that than to hang out to a bar that is full of music and lights.
RSS Feed