In Ernest Hemingway’s story, “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” there are three main characters that play very important roles in this story. There is the young waiter, the older waiter, and the old man. These three men are important to the story because in a way they’re symbolic to what the story portrays. They each represent different stages in a person’s life and this makes the story more effective. The three of these characters all have some similarities as well as differences that draw out a perfect picture of how different age groups in society tend to view the same thing in different ways.

To begin, there is the young waiter. He is symbolizing the youth in society. He seems to be self involved and unconcerned with other people’s feelings. He knows that the old man has nowhere else to go and that he is sad and lonely. However, instead of the waiter being sympathetic to this, he instead complains about how la

He sits all by himself in the corner without disturbing anyone and he drinks his drink alone and quietly without disturbing anyone.

The old man and the older waiter seem to be more alike than anyone else in the story because they both seem to relate to one another. The older waiter obviously sees a part of himself in this old man. They’re both lonely men who seek out a place where they feel they can be accepted and not feel so alone. They don’t want to go to a winery by themselves and take their drinks home because when they get home, they know there’s no one there waiting for them and that makes it more lonely to be sitting in an empty house drinking by yourself. They both like to be in a “clean, well-lighted place” where they have some company. The young waiter doesn’t relate to these two men because he is still young and naïve. He doesn’t have a care in the world about anyone else but himself.

Then there is the old, drunk man who is sitting i

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