... was speaking. This different style is just another example of Ernest Hemingway being creative. The other main subject of debate is the use of nothing in the story. What does Hemmingway want us to know about nothing when we read this story? In the opening dialog of the story one of the waiters says "Nothing- as a response to the question "What ... ...

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... him to drinking at night to escape his fear of loneliness because he had no love or companionship. The old waiter suffers from loneliness which he thinks is just insomnia. Hemmingway gave this opposition to fully distinguish loneliness' true value. Hemingway suggests the difference of values of loneliness by the old versus young thinking. "You have youth, confidence, and a job, the ... ...

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