The young waiter with a wife waiting at home, begins to taps his foot for the man to leave so he can close the shop for the night. An older waiter contradicts the idea of closing, because the young waiter should be considerate of others desires and despairs. Like the deaf man, the older waiter is one who can’t sleep at night and causes them to be at war with themselves. The young, selfish waiter begins to wipe the table down with a rag, and proclaimed that the café was closed. The old man gets up, makes his way out the door, and down the street unsteadily.
He describes how the old man tried committing suicide the previous week only to be saved by his niece. It seems as though the old man’s escape from this lonely world is this well lit cafe, it is clean and it is safe. It’s sort of his anesthesia from his daily life, being that the old man is also deaf and had no one who would be waiting for him. A conversation ensues from this between an old waiter and young waiter who are keeping the cafe that evening. It seems as though the younger waiter doesn't understand why anyone would want to drink by themselves.
But Martin’s father saw no reason why he should move, so he walked out the shoe shop knowing that the shop assistant wouldn’t serve them on the front seats because of his colour. This was the first time Martin realized that something was strange about his colour that other people didn’t like. This thought became clearer when Martin used to go out on long family trips. They used to have long car rides through the night and take picnics, but this was only because they had nowhere to stay at night or any restaurants to eat in
And he tried to give him a drink of whiskey. This man did not know Andy had been stabled because he could see in the night, the blood or the pain Andy was in. This man walked away and left Andy there to die, the time now was 11:39. In Andy’s silent voice he cried for help, but still no one came. Although there was this couple that was trying to stay out of the rain, Freddie was trying to get Angela home on time then he seen Andy lay on the sidewalk, Freddie wanted to help, but Angela didn’t want to help because of the logo on the jacket she knew it was a gang sign.
He is a changed man now and could have a glass of drink every day “his theory”. Charlie craves for his honor but his behavior shows certain weaknesses in personality and a tendency to flirt with the negative vices in his past lifestyle which we all no is better left behind, but no he continues to dwell in it and always revisits, after his dinner was curious to see Paris that night with clearer and more judicious eyes than those of other days he saw Paris. His return to Paris was not only to reclaim his daughter “Honoria”, but to make a close contact with his past lifestyle although he was disappointed to find Paris was
Once married, he now sits alone drinking bourbon. This man has a substantial amount of money, but there is a rumor that he tried to kill himself. The second main character is the young waiter. He is portrayed as an impatient person trying to leave the café as quickly as possible. He has a wife waiting for him back at home.
They were not given shoes and equipment so many men were fighting without guns or shoes, they didn’t have wagons or horses and not even first aid treatment for wounds. The fact they had no fist aid supplies was bad because many men had there wounds unattended and even worse the soldiers were made to lye on the ground in the dirt, filth and cold without straw. All this ill-treatment eventually led to desertions from soldiers and this was a problem for the government because they were losing men on the front line, and even worse the soldiers were coming back to Russia angry with the Tsar and equipped with weapons. This is a very important factor in bringing about the Russian Revolution of March 1917 because the people revolting in Russia now had the army slowly joining them. The war was not only badly affecting the
He ends up having a terrible night, drinks too much and isn't having as much fun as he thought he would. When he leaves the bar and is heading home, he calls Irene and she asks him how the movie was. He replies "It was alright", "Nothing like the previews". He's actually talking about the bar and the time he had. Things aren't what they seem to both Sam and Irene.
Mr. Dunne is not a super teacher. To begin with, Mr. Dunne is not a super teacher because of his rebel life style. A serious drug addiction takes him away from living a normal life. Going out late at night and coming to school the next day with a hangover become’s a routine that puts his job on the line. Mr. Dunne is offered help to change his drug habit but believes rehab will not work for him.
The wife ends up leaving Chris and his son because they are unable to afford everything and there is too much arguing, therefore they are not meant for each other. One day Chris is walking past a stock market office he sees everyone coming out of there all so happy. He wishes he could be in there to. He ends up going for an interview and gets the job, even though he was dressed badly from being in the jail the night before. Chris realizes that even though the job there had no salary it was not all about the money.