英语小说导读海明威之 a clean welllighted place的课后练习Word格式.docx
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Whatbesidestheinsomniamakestheoldwaiterreluctanttogotobed?
Ifwejustfromthesurfacetoanswerthisquestion,wecanpickupsomeopinionfromthestory:
e.g.“Iamthosewholiketostaylateatthecafé
”theolderwaitersaid.“Withallthosewhodonotwanttogotobed.Withallthosewhoneedalightforthenight.”[page158Para.14]
“…EachnightIamreluctanttocloseupbecausetheremaybesomeonewhoneedsthecafé
.”[page158]
However,ifweanalysesdeeply,wewillrealizethatinsomniaisjustasymbolismofthestory.Whenyouaresleeplessinthenight,youwillkeepawakethroughthehourofdarkness,andthiswillmakeyoufeellonelyandevenworse,thedespair.Thereisnotonlyaboutinsomniabutaboutloneliness,thedarknessoflife,thesegregationfromtheworld,andthenothingness.Andthosedesperatefeelingsarethemostimportantthingtomaketheoldwaiterandtheoldmanrefusetogotobed
commentontheolderwaiter’smeditationwiththenadarefrain.
Nadameansnothing.ItisaSpanishword.Andfromthisrefrain,wecanknowthatnothingcannotbedealwithbymanorgod.Itisthesenselessnessofeachheart.Thereisnomeaninginlife.Nothingistheexperienceofone’sownexistence,andthethoroughunderstandingoflife.
Whydoestheoldwaitersowellunderstandtheoldman’sneedforacafé
?
Theoldwaiterisamiddle-ageman.Thoughheisn’tasoldastheoldman,hesuffersthewarandlife,andhealsohastheinsomnialikemanyothermen(perhapsincludingtheoldman).Healsofeelsthelonelinessandnothingnessinhislife.Sohecanunderstandtheoldman’sfeelingaboutthelife,andhecanevenrelateandseehisfutureintheoldman.Thisiswhytheoldwaitersowellunderstandstheoldman’sneedforacafé
.Thecafé
isapeacefulplacewheretheoldmancanescapefromthelonelinessandnothingnessanddesperationinthelife.
Whatdoesthecafé
representfortheoldmanandtheoldwaiter?
Thecafé
isacleanandwell-lightedplaceinthestory.Itisanidealizedspace.Sittinginthecafé
theywillfeelpeacefulandcomfortable.Thecafé
isaplacewheretheoldmanandtheoldwaitercanescapefromloneliness.Thecafé
islighted,becauselightcanchasesawaythedark.Thecafé
isclean,whichmakesthemfeelcomfortableandpeaceful.
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Differentattitudestowardstheoldman
Theyoungwaiter:
Theyoungwaiterisselfishandimpatient.Helooksdownupontheoldman.Hethinkstheoldmanisnasty.Heiseasilyangryandimpolitetotheoldmanbecausehewantstogobackhomeandsleepsearly.Hedoesn’tunderstandtheoldman.Heevenwantstheoldmantosuicide.
e.g.“I’msleepynow,Inevergetintobedbeforethreeo’clock.Heshouldhavekilledhimselflastweek.”[page155]
“Iwouldn’twanttobethatold.Anoldmanisanastything.”[page157para.6]
Theoldwaiter:
Theoldwaitershowshissympathyfortheoldman,whichistotallydifferentwiththeyoungerwaiter.Heknowstheimportanceofacleanandwell-lightedplaceforthosewhoneedaplacetoescapefromlonelinessandnothingness.Heknowstheoldman’ssufferingsandwassympathizedwithhim.Hedoesn’tthinkitisbadthattheoldmanstaysinthecafé
late.Herespectstheoldman.
e.g.“Notalways.Thisoldmanisclean.Hedrinkswithoutspilling.Evennow,drunk.”[page157]
Whoseattitudeisclosertothatoftheauthor?
Ithinktheoldwaiter’sattitudeisclosertotheauthor’sattitude.Theyoungwaiterisignorance.Hedoesn’tunderstandtheoldman’smindsohecan’tstandfortheattitudeoftheauthor.Andtheoldwaiterissympathizedwiththeoldmanandheunderstandswhattheoldmansuffers.Heknowsthelonelinessandnothingness;
heknowsthelossanddespairinthelife.Sotheoldwaiter’sattitudeabouttheoldmanisclosertotheauthor‘sattitude.
Howdoestheauthormakehisownfeelingclearlytous?
EventhoughHemingwaydoesn’teditoriallystatehisownfeelings,wecanknowclearlyfromhisstory.Wecananalyzefromthedescriptionoftheoldman.
e.g.“notalways.Thisoldmanisclean.Hedrinkswithoutspilling.Evennow,drunk.”[page157]
Averyoldmanwalkingunsteadilybutwithdignity.[page157]
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Thestyleofthestory
Inthisshortstory,wecanseeaveryHemingway’swritingstyle.
Firstly,youcanhardlyfindanycomplicatedwords,phrasesorsentences.Hemingwayuseseasyandsimplewordasmanyaspossible.Hetriestocutoutanyunnecessarywords.Thewholestoryiseasytoreadbutnottounderstand.
e.g.Itwaslateandeveryonehasleftthecafé
exceptanoldmanwhosatintheshadowtheleavesofthetreemadeagainsttheelectriclight.[firstparagraph]
Secondly,thestoryconsistsofalotofdialogues.Andthesedialoguesarecolloquialandloose.
e.g.“Hewasin
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