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Is age significant for an understanding of the old man’s burdens?  

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Rishma Patel Eric Muirhead English 1302.123 1st February 2005 Is age significant for an understanding of the old man's burdens? "A Clean Well Lighted Place" is one of many dense vignettes written by Ernest Hemingway which is full of nuance but spare in style. The anecdote revolves around the difference between a clean, bright cafe and a dark, not-so- clean bar as a place for lonely men to spend the long, sleepless nights. The story is primarily set in a cozy Spanish cafe late in the evening as two waiters wait for their last customer to leave. The story centers around their conversation in which they discuss a lingering patron who overstays his welcome as the night wears on. He's a quiet, dignified old man who regularly visits the cafe on a daily basis in order to get drunk and drown his sorrows in a place that he feels most comfortable in. Hemingway...

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