A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

The primary theme in “A&P” by John Updike brings to light the actions and consequences associated within romantic interests. Sammie quits his job for his love interest, Queenie, which makes the reader feel wistfully optimistic that such a sweet and sacrificial character would exist. When Queenie does not care for Sammie’s quitting his job for her, the reader faces the harsh reality that it was not such a smart move on his part to quit his job for her. This…...

Existentialism is important for all those philosophers who think that nature of human condition is key philosophical problem and this problem can be addressed by ontology (which deals with all those concepts that are related to being, specifically becoming, existence, reality etc.). Philosophers who support existentialism think that this concept comes from the continent of Europe mainly in 19th and 20th century (Burnham, and Papandreopoulos). Both existentialist-leaning writers, Ford and Hemingway have shown common existential traits in their writings. Existential…...

Among the similarities will be found a style of brevity and compression in both writers, a style of using simple words and a plot in which on the surface very little happens, at least until we look at the use of symbolic devices and careful choice of words that convey a depth of meaning. Specifically the following pages will trace how the symbolism of light and darkness in Hemingway’s “Clean, Well-Lighted Place” and the symbolism of the eyes, that is,…...

In this paper I will be comparing the following poems and short stories, A Rose For Emily by William Faulkner, A Clean Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway, And “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike. These three poems have similar main character problems in my opinion. I have many times gone back while reading several other short stories in class and thought about how they too also relate in many ways to these three pieces. I thoroughly enjoyed reading these and picking…...