A Clean, Well-lighted Place The tone and style of Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-lighted Place" can only be describe as swift terse, dialogue almost like listening to conversation. For instance, the two characters often repeated each other, such as in the following quote: "He's drunk now," he said. "He's drunk every night" (142). This type ... language that gages a deeper meaning through irony. In other words, the language used isn't explicit and showy; but instead clear and to the point. This greatly contrasts with other author's, like William Faulkner, who prefers to use pretentious lan...

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... takes Henry to meet the two nurses. Henry then meets Catherine Barkley and at first is only interested in her physically like he is with the other girls. When he goes the next couple of afternoons to see her he acts like he is playing a game. One visit he tries to kiss her and gets slapped for it but this only worked ... to his advantage. "I was angry and yet certain, seeing it all ahead like the moves in a chess game" (26). He plays it off and is able to ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School