The Old Man And The Sea: The Old Man
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Authors use many tactics to reveal a character's personality. In the short
story, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, Hemingway exposes the attributes of his
characters through narration and dialogue. The older waiter's characteristics
are exhibited through the waiters' conversations and the observatio ....
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.... becomes more apparent farther in the work. For instance, the
older waiter categorizes himself as being one, “of those who likes to stay late
at the cafe”(Hemingway 161). With this declaration, the older waiter places
himself in the same group as the old man. Hemingway's comparison of the old man
and the waiter becomes unmistakable through the words of the older waiter.
Loneliness and old age are the common bonds that the older waiter shares
with the old man. This is manife ....
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