Clean Well Lighted Place (Creative Short Stories)

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Summary: Hemingway's Finest
Review: Hemingway's cool, sardonic short story "A Clean Well Lighted Place" is one of the best shory stories EVER written. Most of the themes that Hemingway wrote about in his many classics are represented in this 2,000 word story. It only takes a few minutes to read, and each time leaves the reader with a stinging feeling. Also, indicitave of Hemingway's philosphy: nada y nada.

Rating:
Summary: Hemingway's Finest
Review: Hemingway's cool, sardonic short story "A Clean Well Lighted Place" is one of the best shory stories EVER written. Most of the themes that Hemingway wrote about in his many classics are represented in this 2,000 word story. It only takes a few minutes to read, and each time leaves the reader with a stinging feeling. Also, indicitave of Hemingway's philosphy: nada y nada.

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Summary: Hemingway at his finest
Review: Hemingway's finest short story, and arguably the most sardonic and ironical shory story EVER written. Offers valuable insights into the human condition. Though only a couple thousand words long, has elements of Hemingway writing that appear in all his major works. Read it a couple of times to let it really sink in, and understand that nada y nada is Hemingway code for life is nothing.

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Summary: Hemingway at his finest
Review: Hemingway's finest short story, and arguably the most sardonic and ironical shory story EVER written. Offers valuable insights into the human condition. Though only a couple thousand words long, has elements of Hemingway writing that appear in all his major works. Read it a couple of times to let it really sink in, and understand that nada y nada is Hemingway code for life is nothing.

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Summary: Hemingway
Review: I read this book for my college class and found it extremely interesting with a lot of symbolism throughout. There was a lot of intense imagery used by Hemingway such as the darkness of the night outside. As well, the old man's deafness is also a powerful image used in the story. Deafness shuts the old man out from the rest of the world. In the day, everything must be a reminder to him of his disconnection from the world. The busy streets, the marketplace, the chatter in the cafes along the street, the animals, and the motor vehicles fill the town with noise all day long. There are also imagery about nothing or "nada" which the old man was suffreing. Overall, this story is incredibly deep and was a bit hard to understand.

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Summary: very meaning for story
Review: this is one of my favorite stories of hemingway. I think it is very insightful, and deep. It shows how the society treats people, no matter they are old or young they are treated differently. Like the old man in the story got kicked out of the cafe, and hemingway is trying to tell us that we will follow the old man's steps if we don't change how the world is like. It shows that this world is a lonely place, and a clean, well-lighted place makes us feel good and pleasent. And that is what everyone needs not just old people.

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Summary: Hemingway
Review: This story epitomizes the most thoughtful aspects of Hemingway's thinking on the underdog. Unlike some of his other stories, he is not presumptious nor does he regress to sentimentality; instead, with all his dignity, he illuminates the nature of two men's despair. The writing contains nothing inessential, and the content touches an abstract of all our worst fears. If I taught a course on Hemingway, I'd probably use Clean Well-lighted Place as an entrance.