"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" questions

1)The older waiter is so reluctant to go to bed because besides insomnia, he apparently is living with guilt of either doing or going through something terrible when he was younger. The nada refrain shows the old waiter has had some existential injustice against him and he no longer believes in god. The old waiter understands the old man's need for the cafe on the basis of loneliness. They both of them appear to be loners and don't want to be by themselves, especially the suicidel old man. So therefore the cafe represents both of their social lives, based within their comfort zone.

2) I think the attitude of the older waiter would better fit that of the author. The young waiter was shortlived and snappy in his lines. The younger waiter also wanted to get out of there and go home but the drunk old man was preventing this, irritating the younger. The older seemed more patient, let the old man drink, his days are limited. Hemingway makes his own feelings clear when he described how the old man walked away from the cafe, and how he described the older waiters feelings towards the need of the cafe.

3) The style is set when the man continually asks for more liquor. Its distinctive in the sense that the cafe is needed by this old drunk man who recently attempted suicide and another, but there must be more that just don't know about this cafe. Heminway's vocabulary was annoying.

4) The story is told from 3rd person non-participant. I feel it is appropriate to tell the story from the POV because it can emphasize the point of the story trying to be sent. The cafe represents alot more than just a cafe, it represented piece of mind and belonging.