Meaning of Life in Ernest Hemingway's 'A clean, Well-lighted Place'
MLA format, 250-300 words, articles attached and links provided to websites annotated on the word doc. Individual Writing Response 4 You will be asked to post several response writings throughout the course. These response writings should help you delve deeper into a couple of the readings for each section. Your response writings will use the Reading Strategy of: Read, Respond, Summarize, Analyze, Interpret, and Draw Conclusions. When you begin to think about the essays you will write in this course, it will not be enough to summarize the work. You will need to think critically about the writing and this reading strategy will help you move beyond a summary. Each response should be a minimum of 250 words. Each response writing should provide the following— 1) An Honest Response to the Writing—Write a few sentences about how the work made you feel (ex. “Angry because… “Or “joyful because…” or “confused because…” There is no right or wrong answer here. These few sentences should be honest and capture your initial response to the piece of writing. 2) A Summary of What You Read—Summarize what happened in the writing. Who were the characters? What happens in the story or poem? What is the story about? 3) An Analysis or Close Reading—This is the part of the response writing that really begins our critical thinking. Does something appear symbolic? Are there any metaphors and similes that expand meaning? Does there appear to be a common theme? What details seem relevant? You will not find every literary device in every reading. In this section of the response writing, you should begin to decide what seems to have meaning or purpose? Be sure to pay attention to the form, the title, the content and the rhythm. 4) An Interpretation—This is the part of the response writing that will allow you to pull the “clues” together and offer a statement on what you think the story is really about? You will combine your summary and analysis to provide an argument about the text. 5) Drawing Conclusions—This part of the response writing will require that you incorporating the above process and integrating some direct quotes from the actual work of study to support your findings and interpretations. When an “Individual Response Writing” is DUE, you will choose ONE of the readings from the “Selected Reading” document for that week or section and complete the requirements above. Type your response directly in the forum and make sure to cover all categories. Your response should be in paragraph format and aim for a minimum of 250/300 words. Southern Writers Readings: Hemingway, “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” https://ucwv(dot)mrooms3(dot)net/pluginfile.php/751301/mod_resource/content/1/Ernest%20Hemingway_A%20Clean%20Well%20Lighted%20Place%20Lecture%20Notes.pdf Flannery O’Connor, “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” http://xroads(dot)virginia(dot)edu/~drbr/goodman.html
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In Ernest Hemingway’s “A clean, well-lighted place”, the short story made me feel empathetic towards the old man because he sits alone at the café late at night and had tried to commit suicide because he was dejected despite having money. The story is set in a café where an old man drinks brandy while an older and younger waiter debate whether to ask the old man to leave or let him drink more. The waiter pours a drink where the waiter and colleague continue to talk and say the man is probably eighty years old and being cared by his niece. Hemingway explores the themes of nothingness, loneliness and despair beyond money, where the old man sees no meaning in life.
Light symbolizes distraction from darkness, which in this case is despair and loneliness in a world of nothingness, and the clean, well-lighted café allows the man to get away from his surroundings. To Hemin...
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