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... "Contrast between light and dark
The main character in “A Clean, Well- Lighted Place,” written by Ernest Hemingway, is the old man. The old man, who remains nameless throughout the short story, comes to the café for the light it provides him against the dark night. He stays late into the night, and sits “In the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. ... Outside in the dark, a young soldier and a girl hurry along the streets. ... He doesn’t experience this type of relationship in the dark. ... ’” He has no reason to hide from the dark. He like the soldier and girl, can find excitement in the dark. ... The older waiter recognizes the difference in his café and that of a dark bar or bodega. He knows that “Light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. ... ” The reader finds out at the end of the story that the waiter is like the old man in need of light and cleanness, when he goes to a bar after closing and comments that although “The light is very bright and pleasant but the bar is unpolished. ... With all those who need a light for the night. ... The light, the pleasantness, and cleanliness of a late night café is the only sense of being for the two men. ... The light that they find in the night brings them a strong sense of relief from what they are missing in the dark.
Approximate Word count = 1144
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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