Response To "A Clean Well lighted Place"

Old and young people are very different. For instance, old people are slower, crabbier, and sometimes need help to do the simple things in life.  On the other hand young people aren’t quite as mature so they don’t have as much sympathy for old people.  The short story “A Clean Well Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemmingway shows how young people and old people are different.

             Young people and old people are different in many aspects of life.  One of those aspects may be that old people are more prepared than young people probably since they are more experienced. Since they are older they may have been in the same position as a kid so they know how to change what they did wrong the first time.  Also young people are not as knowledgeable since they think they know everything. Just like the young waiter in the story, he thinks he can do whatever he wants. Old people on the other hand are a whole other story. They are well organized unlike some young people who are still learning the skill of organization. 
            Normally wealthy people are rich and think they shouldn't talk to poor people ,but they are missing the whole point of wealth.  In the story the old man was not wealthy, he may have been wealthy in the bank but that is not wealth.  Wealth is having good friends who will help you when you need it or a great family.  The old man has none of that.  The young waiter thought money was everything but that is becasue he does not understand that yet.  He should not assess people for that though.  In the story the old man walked with dignity.  Walking with dignity is a sign that you have pride.Then in the story the young waiter was wondering why the old man thought about suicide when he had plenty of money.  Just because you have may have no or little friends you still should not think about suicide.  life is a gift from God and he gave us that gift for us to use not to give away.  The old man should be thinking about living life to the fullest.  The young waiter in the story resembles what not to be as a young adult since he was inconsiderate that the old man may have been happy to just be alive.  Also since he did not understand that money isnt the most important thing in everyones existinence in this world.

              Young people and old people have many differences which are clearly stated in this shory story.  Perhaps a similarity may be that the two older men are both poor, lonely old men. Another similarity is that the old waiter understands the old man’s loneliness since he is lonely. A difference is that the young waiter has no sympathy for old people in this story since he does not relate or understand them. He doesn’t understand them since he hasn’t been through what they have been through.  The young waiter especailly doesn't understand the old man since the old man doesn't have very much money and the young waiter feels that money is everything in life so if you don't have money you shall not live. If the old man wanted to commit suicide he would have but he didn’t and he is alive so it doesn’t matter anymore.  In the story the old man may be what Hemingway thought of himself to be when he was in his sixty’s, even though the old man wasn’t suicidal, Hemingway was. Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 and died on July 2, 1961 due to being suicidal.

              People of all ages are unique and different in special ways and if someone cant realize that, that is there problem.  Those differences are clearly shown in the famous story “A Clean Well Lighted Place” by well known writer Earnest Hemmingway.  People dont realize that money isn’t everything.  Also everyone should do there best at whatever they do because God gave us all the gift of life and we should never waste that.