英语小说导读海明威之acleanwelllightedplace的课后练习.docx
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英语小说导读海明威之acleanwelllightedplace的课后练习
ANSWERSTOQUESTIONS
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·Whatbesidestheinsomniamakestheoldwaiterreluctanttogotobed
Ifwejustfromthesurfacetoanswerthisquestion,wecanpickupsomeopinionfromthestory:
.“Iamthosewholiketostaylateatthecafé,”theolderwaitersaid.“Withallthosewhodonotwanttogotobed.Withallthosewhoneedalightforthenight.”[page158]
“…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.Thecaféisapeacefulplacewheretheoldmancanescapefromthelonelinessandnothingnessanddesperationinthelife.
·Whatdoesthecaférepresentfortheoldmanandtheoldwaiter
Thecaféisacleanandwell-lightedplaceinthestory.Itisanidealizedspace.Sittinginthecafé,theywillfeelpeacefulandcomfortable.Thecaféisaplacewheretheoldmanandtheoldwaitercanescapefromloneliness.Thecaféislighted,becauselightcanchasesawaythedark.Thecaféisclean,whichmakesthemfeelcomfortableandpeaceful.
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·Differentattitudestowardstheoldman
Theyoungwaiter:
Theyoungwaiterisselfishandimpatient.Helooksdownupontheoldman.Hethinkstheoldmanisnasty.Heiseasilyangryandimpolitetotheoldmanbecausehewantstogobackhomeandsleepsearly.Hedoesn’tunderstandtheoldman.Heevenwantstheoldmantosuicide.
.“I’msleepynow,Inevergetintobedbeforethreeo’clock.Heshouldhavekilledhimselflastweek.”[page155]
“Iwouldn’twanttobethatold.Anoldmanisanastything.”[page157para.6]
Theoldwaiter:
Theoldwaitershowshissympathyfortheoldman,whichistotallydifferentwiththeyoungerwaiter.Heknowstheimportanceofacleanandwell-lightedplaceforthosewhoneedaplacetoescapefromlonelinessandnothingness.Heknowstheoldman’ssufferingsandwassympathizedwithhim.Hedoesn’tthinkitisbadthattheoldmanstaysinthecafélate.Herespectstheoldman.
.“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.
.“notalways.Thisoldmanisclean.Hedrinkswithoutspilling.Evennow,drunk.”[page157]
Averyoldmanwalkingunsteadilybutwithdignity.[page157]
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·Thestyleofthestory
Inthisshortstory,wecanseeaveryHemingway’swritingstyle.
Firstly,youcanhardlyfindanycomplicatedwords,phrasesorsentences.Hemingwayuseseasyandsimplewordasmanyaspossible.Hetriestocutoutanyunnecessarywords.Thewholestoryiseasytoreadbutnottounderstand.
.Itwaslateandeveryonehasleftthecaféexceptanoldmanwhosatintheshadowtheleavesofthetreemadeagainsttheelectriclight.[firstparagraph]
Secondly,thestoryconsistsofalotofdialogues.Andthesedialoguesarecolloquialandloose.
.“Hewasindespair.”
“Whatabout”
“Nothing.”[page155]
Thirdly,thedialogueisdeviatedfromordinaryconversationorder.
.“Hemustbeeightyyearsold.”
“AnywayIshouldsayhewaseighty.”
“Iwishhewouldgohome.Inevergettobedbeforethreeo’clock.Whatkindofhouristhattogotobed”(Thesethreedialoguesactuallyaresaidbytheyoungwaiter.)
·Whatrepetitionofwordsorphrasesseemparticularlyeffective
Theword“café”appearsabout9times.Theword“nothing”appealsabout8timesandthe“Nada”appealsabout23times.“Light”appeals5times.“Cleanandpleasant”appeals3times.And“lighted(includingwell-lighted)”appealsabouttwice.
Ithinkthesewords’andphrases’repetitionsareveryeffective.Theyhaveadeepsymbolisminthestory.Forexample:
Caféstandsforapeacefulplaceintheirheart,wherecangivethemcomfort.Andthroughthisrepetitionwewillpaymoreattentiontothiswordandthinkaboutitsprofoundmeaningandsymbolism.Anotherexample:
inthestory,HemingwayusetheSpanishwordNada,thisisnotonlytoshowtheauthorwasgoodatSpanish,butalsotodrawreadersattention.Andmakesreaderthinkaboutthisword.
·WhydoyouthinkHemingwayfavorsasimplevocabulary
IthinkthatHemingwayusesasimplevocabularybecausethewordisnotthemostimportantthingtoshowforhim.Themostimportantthinginhismindistoconveyideasabouttheworld.Andhedoesn’twantreadersspendalotoftimetoreadthestory,hewantsthereadersspendmoretimetothinkaboutwhatistheprofoundthingthestorywantstotell,andhewantsreaderstounderstandthestoryexactlybutnotjustpayattentiontotheplot.Andtheextremeshortnessmakesthepointofthestorymorepowerful.
4Thepointofviewanditsappropriateness
Thepointofviewofthestoryisthethirdpersonnarrator.
Hemingwayusesthispointofviewinordertomakeusseewhat’shappeningbothinsideandoutsideofthecharacters’minds.Wegethintsofwhat’shappeningwiththeyoungerwaiterandtheoldman.Andwecangetacloselookattheinsideoftheoldwaiter’smind,wherethetruemeaningofthestoryisrevealed.
5Thesymbolismofinsomnia
Thiswordjustappealsattheendofthestory.Whenyouareinsomniac,youcannotsleepinthenight.Andyouwilltouchtheworldmorecloselyandfeellonelier.Inthestory,insomniaisnotonlyakindofdisease,butthefeelingofloneliness,thedarknessoflifeandthesegregationfromtheworld.Itisaboutfear,nothingandloss.
6Themainideaofthestory
Thestorytalksaboutloneliness,whichHemingwayconsiderstobetheprincipaltragedyofmodernlife.Nothingisalsoanimportantthemeofthestory.Fortheoldman,nadameanshopelessness,aimlessnessandmeaninglessnessoflife.Sohechoosessuicide.Fortheoldwaiter,heunderstandsthefeelingoftheoldmanandhassympathytohim.Hecanalsofeelnothinginhislife.Asfortheyoungwaiter,hehasyouth,confidenceandajob.Hedoesn’trealizeheisalsoinnothing.Heisunawareofwhathehas.Hislifeisanotherkindofmeaninglessness.
7Elementsofthesettingofthestoryandtheatmospherethatwasbuilt
·Thephysicalsetting
.Itwaslateandeveryonehadleftthecaféexpectanoldmanwhosatintheshadowtheleavesofthetreemadeagainsttheelectriclight.Inthedaytimethestreetwasdusty,butatnightthedewsettledthedustandtheoldmanlikedtositlatebecausehewasdeafandnowatnightitwasquietandhefeltthedifference.[page154—page155]
Inthisparagraphwecanseethetime—fromdaytimetonight.Theplace—acafé,acleanandwell-lightedcafé.Anditmakesatmospherethatadifferentplacefromthedaytime.Nowtheplaceisquietandthegoodlightgivespeopleasenseofsecurityandpeace.However,italsomakespeoplealittleupsetandhopelessnessthattheoldmansitsintheshadow.
·Thementalsetting
.Somelivedinitandneverfeltitbutheknewitallwasnadaypuesnadaynadaypuesdana.Ournadawhoartinnada,nadabethynamethykingdomnadathywillbenadainnadaasitisinnada.…hailnothingfullofnothing,nothingiswiththee.[page159]
Thisistheoldwaiter’smeditationofthenadarefrain.Itmakesstressfulatmosphere.wecanfeeltheakindofnothingnesswhichyoucannotescape.Thewordsgivereadersconfusionbutyoucanfeelthelossandhugedespairclearly.
·Thesocialsetting
.“Youhaveyouth,confidence,andajob,”theoldwaitersaid.“youhaveeverything.”
“Andwhatdoyoulack”
“Everythingbutwork.”
“YouhaveeverythingIhave.”
“No..IhaveneverhadconfidenceandIamnotyou.”[page158]
Thisdialogueistalkingabouttheirsocialstatus.Theyoungwaiterthinksthathehasconfidenceandajob.Buttheoldwaiterthinksthathehasnothing.Thiscomparisonmakewethinkaboutwhatdotheyreallyhave.Andtheatmosphereislonely,especiallytheold
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