A Clean Well Lighted Place

In the short story “A Clean Well Lighted Place” there was an old drunk man that we believe symbolized the author and other people in their older ages, and this story is a comedy.

To start with there was an old man and we believe he symbolize the author and/or other people in their future. The reason why we believe this is because the old man had everything he wanted a wife and money. Since he had money he was an alcoholic and went to the café every single night really late. The waiters didn’t like that he stayed so late and the young waiter said that he should go and kill himself because he didn’t like him there every single night. But the older waiter was wiser than the younger waiter so he never said that. The author had money and a couple wives but he ended up committing suicide just like the young waiter said that the old man should do.

Secondly I believe that this story is a tragedy because when you look at it like the story end with darkness being a death symbolism and not having it end in a tragedy. So in the story the waiters were nice people. Then they are in the café light while the dark bar is across the street and the old waiter tells the younger waiter to go home and get some sleep. The old waiter goes over to the bar and tries to stop the darkness but the darkness concurs him and the darkness is the death symbolism.

The old man could symbolize you in your older life, and the story is a comedy if you look at it the right way. This information should be taken seriously and the old man population should get decreased.