Eng. class: A Clean, Well-lighted Place questions

"A Clean, Well-lighted Place"

QUESTION: Discuss why the waiter does not sleep until daylight.

ANSWER: The waiter cannot go home earlier than that because the old man stays in the cafe until odd hours of the night drinking. The waiters that work while he is there have to keep a close eye on him because when the old man (who is deff and cannot hear what the waiters say when theyre complainng about him) gets drunk he will walk out of the cafe without paying for his many drinks.

QUESTION: What do the shadows made by the leaves represent?

ANSWER: I really have no idea, but my guess is that it represents the old man choosing to stay until late. He could feel the quiet compared to the noise and the leaves' shadows cast by the electric lights symbolize the "cue" so to speak for him to know that the day was over and he could now bask and drink in the silence. and also they symbolize the hidden feelings that the man has underneath that resulted in him trying to take his own life.

*yawns*