What does the café represent for the two of them? • The older waiter is reluctant because he is obviously living with the guilt or shame of either committing something wrong or going through something bad/wrong when he was younger. The refrain expresses that the waiter does not believe in God and is not deeply religious. The older waiter understands the need for the café because he and the old man are both lonely people, so he empathizes with him. The café represents them both.
Justin Egan Professor Engler EngWr 301 7-9-12 The Black River: A Literary Analysis on the Theme and Supporting Elements of Ernest Hemmingway’s Short Story “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” The short story “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” written in 1933 by Ernest Hemmingway, starts in a well-lighted café late at night with two waiters talking about a recent suicide attempt made by the old man sitting in their café. Through heavy use of dialogue, key characteristics of each character are developed. The older man has a background story of his own. The younger waiter is just that; young, impatient, and arrogant. And the middle age waiter, who is the most detailed of the three, has a darker understanding of both of the other two characters.
Drinking moderately with friends, having dinner, he made sure however to never become the out of control alchie, as no one likes the annoying, obnoxious drunk. Over time he drank more and more by himself, becoming secluded and dependent. Withdrawing from his friends based on the realizations of his dependency, he became paranoid his neighbors would know the secret when they heard the clanking of the bottles in the trash bags as he carried them to the recycling bin. Alcohol seemed to mask, cover the feeling he had lingering inside, his unhappiness and uneasiness with himself, others and life in general. His life as he stated had just “stalled”, he was not married, did not have kids, had no legal issues and was
Tayo stays the night with Betonie and he tells him stories of long ago. The drought story is also continued now. Tayo starts to feel better but the medicine man wont take payment. Tayo ends up drinking with Harley and Leroy and meets Helen Jean. Tayo begins to have more flashbacks, and throws up some more.
The husband has a habit of being socially alone. It does not bother him to not be around any one in his own home. The husband enjoys drinking alone even smokes drugs. He would even stay up late at night watching TV. The wife going to bed alone, while her husband stays up late at night.
After being kicked out of his school, Holden lacks direction, feeling lost and unhappy. While sitting in the lobby of his hotel, Holden begins to feel depressed so instead of staying in the hotel and trying to figure out what it is that makes him feel this way, he gets in a “cab and [tells] the driver to take [him] down to Ernie's” (81). By trying to find a happier place whenever his moral is down causes him to be dis-satisfied with most situations. He is unhappy at the hotel and thus leave only to become even more unhappy at Ernie’s. Since Holden can’t seem to find a place that makes him truly content, he seeks guidance from his cab driver, Horwitz, by asking if he knows “where the ducks go during the wintertime” (81).
He is the type of boy who parties, smokes and drinks. He is not exactly a good influence on Naomi. He is depressed about many things, his life and mostly his former girlfriend. James tries to commit suicide, but is stopped by many friends and adults. The characters in this book all play a very important role in the story.
Taylor Jenkins Independent Novel Test 6th period Feburary 7th 2013 Raisin in the Sun The character Walter is a very greedy and cowardly, his father has passed away recently and he wants to spend his father inheritance money. He wants to invest the money in a liquor store and have a partner or a friend go in on the deal with him to help him out. His family is affected greatly by this because all they want to do is have a better lifestyle and move out of the projects. He has a son named Travis, a wife named Ruth and a sister named Beneatha. His mother lives with them in their apartment and far as Walter knows is that his mother will be receiving the money and giving it out how she wants to.
He dislikes ackly for the simple reason that he has bad hygiene and it annoys Holden. This small annoyance is something that most people would be able to get over but Holden has a habit of dwelling on these minor problems he has with everybody and not being able to get over them. With Stadlater just the fact that he took Jane out on a date and Holden has a secret crush on her, even though he hasn't seen her in years and there is no way for Stadlater to know that. Holden insists on disliking him for that small
The characterization in this book is very interesting, especially in the case of Leamas. At the start of his mission, he is portrayed as too “old for operational work” (29) and is regarded by his colleagues as a “resentful, drunken wreck” (30). He spends most of his time appearing tired, weary and confused, that readers will be doubtful whether that is his real self or just an act. Readers will not know for sure whether he is the one in control, or whether just another pawn in the world of espionage, until the end of the story. I was surprised that such a spy who is “a … traitor [,] sadist and drunkard” (220), would jeopardise his mission by making sure that his lover, Liz Gold, will be safe, “[not] to have a file or anything” and “forgotten” (58).