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1、ANSWERSTOQUESTIONS1·Whatbesidestheinsomniamakestheoldwaiterreluctanttogotobed?Ifwejustfromthesurfacetoanswerthisquestion,wecanpickupsomeopinionfromthestory:e.g.“Iamthosewholiketostaylateatthecafé,”theolderwaitersaid.“Withallthosewhodonotwanttogotobed.Withallthosewhoneedalig
2、htforthenight.”[page158Para.14]“…EachnightIamreluctanttocloseupbecausetheremaybesomeonewhoneedsthecafé.”[page158]However,ifweanalysesdeeply,wewillrealizethatinsomniaisjustasymbolismofthestory.Whenyouaresleeplessinthenight,youwillkeepawakethroughthehourofdarkness,andthiswill
3、makeyoufeellonelyandevenworse,thedespair.Thereisnotonlyaboutinsomniabutaboutloneliness,thedarknessoflife,thesegregationfromtheworld,andthenothingness.Andthosedesperatefeelingsarethemostimportantthingtomaketheoldwaiterandtheoldmanrefusetogotobed·commentontheolderwaiter’smedi
4、tationwiththenadarefrain.Nadameansnothing.ItisaSpanishword.Andfromthisrefrain,wecanknowthatnothingcannotbedealwithbymanorgod.Itisthesenselessnessofeachheart.Thereisnomeaninginlife.Nothingistheexperienceofone’sownexistence,andthethoroughunderstandingoflife.·Whydoestheoldwait
5、ersowellunderstandtheoldman’sneedforacafé?Theoldwaiterisamiddle-ageman.Thoughheisn’tasoldastheoldman,hesuffersthewarandlife,andhealsohastheinsomnialikemanyothermen(perhapsincludingtheoldman).Healsofeelsthelonelinessandnothingnessinhislife.Sohecanunderstandtheoldman’sfeeling
6、aboutthelife,andhecanevenrelateandseehisfutureintheoldman.Thisiswhytheoldwaitersowellunderstandstheoldman’sneedforacafé.Thecaféisapeacefulplacewheretheoldmancanescapefromthelonelinessandnothingnessanddesperationinthelife.·Whatdoesthecaférepresentfortheoldmanandtheoldwaiter?
7、Thecaféisacleanandwell-lightedplaceinthestory.Itisanidealizedspace.Sittinginthecafé,theywillfeelpeacefulandcomfortable.Thecaféisaplacewheretheoldmanandtheoldwaitercanescapefromloneliness.Thecaféislighted,becauselightcanchasesawaythedark.Thecaféisclean,whichmakesthemfeelcomf
8、ortableandpeaceful.2·DifferentattitudestowardstheoldmanTheyoungwaiter:Theyoungwait
