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 many things about the characteristics of the two waiters. It is clear that the older waiter seems to have sympathy for the old man, where the younger waiter does not like the nasty old man. As the two waiters keep an eye on the old man (so he won't get up and leave), the younger waiter says, "Last Week he tried to commit suicide". The older waiter asks why, and the younger tells him that he was in despair about nothing because he had plenty of money; therefore he had no reason to kill himself. At this point the older waiter stops the conversation immediately. I believe this is due to the fact that after hearing the younger waiters response he realizes they have nothing in common and to continue this conversation would be useless. The older waiter seems to have more knowledge about life, everybody, and everything around him. The younger waiter cares only for himself and will not sacrifice anything for anybody. We realize these characteristics by the small details in the story. For example when they notice the soldier walking by with a girl, the older waiters comments, "the guard will pick him up". However the younger waiters response is, "what does it matter if he gets what he's after". The older waiter indeed has more knowledge of his surroundings. The younger waiter does not trouble himself to think too deeply about things that have nothing to do with him.
             There are more passages in the story to support their different views. At one point the old man calls the young waiter and as...