Ali Zandi A Clean, Well-Lighted Place This is a Detailed Interpretation of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, written by Hemingway in 1933. The story involves two waiters talking about their feelings, and their different views of life. Hemingway uses an old man sitting in the café as a supporting character to help show the waiter's different views of life; this is shown as they talk about the old man. As we continue reading the story we learn …showed first 75 words of 1466 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1466 total…go home he started mumbling to himself about the nothingness. The reason the older waiter towards the end of the story smiles when he enters the bar is because he is relieved that he is back in the light. Away from the dark that reminds him of the nothingness. This is why when the waiter goes home he cannot sleep until daytime. His thoughts and fears of the dark (nothingness) will not let him sleep.