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A 3 page essay that discusses the theme that Hemingway, in this narrative, captures the pathos of lives that encompass nothing, that is, they have no relationships to give life meaning and purpose. Hemingway develops this complex theme through the dialogue of two waiters as they wait for their last customer, an old man, to finish his night of drinking. This dialogue establishes the character of both the older waiter and the younger one. Furthermore, it informs the reader about the circumstances pertaining to the elderly customer, and also shows the reader that the older waiter understands the customer because his own life is so similar. The older waiter, like the customer, has a life built on nothing in which a man survives by holding on to what he can, such as the soul nourishing benefits of a clean, well-lighted café. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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purpose. Hemingway develops this complex theme through the dialogue of two waiters as they wait for their last customer, an old man, to finish his night of drinking. This
dialogue establishes the character of both the older waiter and the younger one. Furthermore, it informs the reader about the circumstances pertaining to the elderly customer, and also shows the
reader that the older waiter understands the customer because his own life is so similar. The older waiter, like the customer, has a life built on nothing in which a
man survives by holding on to what he can, such as the soul nourishing benefits of a clean, well-lighted caf?. As David Kerner points out, the waiters are
very different (31). The early dialogue between the two men quickly establishes these differences, showing the younger man to be impatient; the older man empathic. The men discuss the customers
suicide attempt from the previous week. The younger man says that he did this over "Nothing" because "He has plenty of money" (Hemingway 296). The younger man cannot conceive of
problems that have to do with the spirit, rather than with material possessions. The older man, however, is willing to wait for the customer to finish. His attitude throughout the
story is accepting and understanding of the old mans emotional needs. He points out to the younger waiter that the caf? is "clean and pleasant...well lighted...and also, now, there are
shadows of the leaves" (Hemingway 299). When the story opened, Hemingway made a point of stating that the old man chose to sit in the "shadow of the leaves of
the tree" (296). As this suggests, there is an emphatic connection between the two older men. When the younger man insists that the old gentleman can "buy a bottle
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