Monday, September 28, 2009
my topic for essay #2
Discuss the name symbolism in "Good Country People:" Mrs. Hopewell, Joy-Hulga, Manley Pointer, Mrs. Freeman, Glynese, Carramae. How does each character's name seem to suggest certain qualities of that person and his/her role in the story?
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Larry Holiday
Mrs. S. Aiken
English 1102-45
09-08-09
“A Clean Well-Lighted Place”
In the story “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway, there are three main characters and all of their personalities take on a setting in the story. The settings in this story are very important when you want to explain the characters and their point of views. The three different characters in the story are all static. We have a young waiter, an older waiter and we have a drunken old guy.
In the story we have this young waiter who works at this café and on this one night he is ready to go home and we have this customer who is there and the young waiter is ready for him to go home. The café is very clean and neat and the gentleman who is sitting in drinking isn’t bothering anyone and the young waiter still does his job by serving him but at the same time he is ready for him to leave because he is tired of going home at three a.m. The young waiter says, “He has no regard for those who must work” (Hemingway 97). The young waiter feels that he should be able to come to work, do his job and then come home to his wife.
On the other hand, we have an older waiter who sees the guy as a great customer. “This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk. Look at him” (Hemingway 97). The older waiter sees where the old man is coming from; he doesn’t mind that he sits in the café all night. He basically feels sorry for the guy because after the café closes on that night there is nothing that the old man can go to and he basically has nowhere to go. The old man then leaves the café and walks the dark streets at night until the café opens again. So the old waiter doesn’t mind the old man and if he wants service they have to give it to him. Soon after the last drink the two waiters closed down the café and saw the old man leave walking down the street.
The old man, once had a great life. He was happily married and he had all the wealth but still he tried to commit suicide. He had a niece that looked after him and she came to visit him one day and had to cut him down from a rope that he hung himself with. The old man was once married and now that he’s alone he sits in the café all night and drink. Since the man is alone he likes to have his drinks in a clean well lighted place. He is also deaf and he likes to be in a place where it is quiet and he can enjoy his drinks in peace. After they finally closed the café the old man left and walked the lonely dark streets. The older waiter went to an all night bar and he described it as the light being pleasant but the bar was unpolished (Hemingway 99).
In the story “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” the three characters reflect the mood and setting of the story and how they react to the situation of the old man sitting in the café. The younger waiter sets a negative mood by rushing the old guy out of the café, and the older waiter sets a positive mood on the setting by not minding the old guy sitting all night in the clean café. The old Man sets a sort of a negative mood because he sits in the café all night drinking and he’s deaf and he almost killed himself. So the settings in the story are different depending on which point of view you are looking from.
Mrs. S. Aiken
English 1102-45
09-08-09
“A Clean Well-Lighted Place”
In the story “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway, there are three main characters and all of their personalities take on a setting in the story. The settings in this story are very important when you want to explain the characters and their point of views. The three different characters in the story are all static. We have a young waiter, an older waiter and we have a drunken old guy.
In the story we have this young waiter who works at this café and on this one night he is ready to go home and we have this customer who is there and the young waiter is ready for him to go home. The café is very clean and neat and the gentleman who is sitting in drinking isn’t bothering anyone and the young waiter still does his job by serving him but at the same time he is ready for him to leave because he is tired of going home at three a.m. The young waiter says, “He has no regard for those who must work” (Hemingway 97). The young waiter feels that he should be able to come to work, do his job and then come home to his wife.
On the other hand, we have an older waiter who sees the guy as a great customer. “This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk. Look at him” (Hemingway 97). The older waiter sees where the old man is coming from; he doesn’t mind that he sits in the café all night. He basically feels sorry for the guy because after the café closes on that night there is nothing that the old man can go to and he basically has nowhere to go. The old man then leaves the café and walks the dark streets at night until the café opens again. So the old waiter doesn’t mind the old man and if he wants service they have to give it to him. Soon after the last drink the two waiters closed down the café and saw the old man leave walking down the street.
The old man, once had a great life. He was happily married and he had all the wealth but still he tried to commit suicide. He had a niece that looked after him and she came to visit him one day and had to cut him down from a rope that he hung himself with. The old man was once married and now that he’s alone he sits in the café all night and drink. Since the man is alone he likes to have his drinks in a clean well lighted place. He is also deaf and he likes to be in a place where it is quiet and he can enjoy his drinks in peace. After they finally closed the café the old man left and walked the lonely dark streets. The older waiter went to an all night bar and he described it as the light being pleasant but the bar was unpolished (Hemingway 99).
In the story “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” the three characters reflect the mood and setting of the story and how they react to the situation of the old man sitting in the café. The younger waiter sets a negative mood by rushing the old guy out of the café, and the older waiter sets a positive mood on the setting by not minding the old guy sitting all night in the clean café. The old Man sets a sort of a negative mood because he sits in the café all night drinking and he’s deaf and he almost killed himself. So the settings in the story are different depending on which point of view you are looking from.
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