This story is not available in your literature text. Please read this attached online version to engage in this week’s discussion: “A Clean, Well-lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway”
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Ernest Hemingway, A Clean, Well-lighted Place
1. Having read through the traits of a Hemingway code hero in the Hero Video below, decide who in the story is the code hero. Back up your choice with passages from the story (quote and cite properly) and information from the video
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2. Research the symbolism of light and dark in Western culture(quote and cite properly). How does this symbolic meaning fit the various contrasts Hemingway offers in his story (quote and cite properly)? Also consider Hemingways use of shadows in the story.
3. Hemingway does not give names to his characters. Explain Hemingways reasoning for this.
4. The Spanish word “nada” means “nothing.” Note the words nada replaces in the older waiters version of the Lord’s Prayer? What is the meaning of his prayer? Explain. Besides the prayer, where else do you find the words “nada” or “nothing”? What is the significance of this in the story?
5. Refer to the Class Notes on the Modern Era of Literature file. Given the modernist view of human existence Hemingway offers in this story, what is the role and significance of the caf?
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