A Clean, Well-Lighted Place analyzation by HM

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    "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is a complex story by the author Ernest Hemingway. He has written many short stories, and to understand them, you have to analyze it to the very end. Here is the analysis of a "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place."

The story takes place in a café, but more like in a bar. It was around 2 AM. The old man who was deaf and alone, was drinking lots of brandy’s a type of liquor. 

The old man was deaf and felt lonely, so he felt as if he was surrounded by the darkness, as if he was a forgotten man, and Clean, well-lighted cafe place brings him a comfort to his soul. 

"The old man was sitting in the shadows of the leaves" as described in the story, reflects pace and shelter for the old man. As a young waiter said to the other, that he tried to commit suicide, but his niece stopped him from ending his life. As the story goes, the waiter also tells that he used to have a family, but then later in his life, he had no one to love, neither no one that loved him. The older waiter knew what the old man went through and sympathizes with him. 

The old man shows the meaning to find peace to his solitude and quietness for his deafness and perhaps to have social company even if that is incomprehensible. This is an analysis of  "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," make sure to read the story, and other short stories made by Ernest Hemingway!