Part one of term paper
In Ernest Hemingway's short story, “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”, the concept of nada is the central and most important theme. As described by Carlos Baker, Nada is “a Something called Nothing which is so huge, terrible, overbearing, inevitable, and omnipresent that, once experienced, it can never be forgotten” (Baker 124). It is a ...

Part two of term paper
... mode of being, the concrete manifestation of which is the clean, well-lighted place” (Hoffman 176). This cafe is a warrior against this nothingness. The place is clean, pleasant, and orderly. There is no music. It is a plain and simple refuge against the lonely, dark world that awaits outside (Hemingway 256). However, this cafe must close at some time or another thus proving that the cafe isn't enough to combat the nada. It is not even a place but an artificial, man-made building that tri ...