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1、LifeasNothingness——AnalysisofACleanWell-LightedPlaceStudentnumber:20074180502Course:ASurveyofAmericanLiteratureTutor:HuangHuihuiDecember30,2010-3-LifeasNothingness——AnalysisofACleanWell-LightedPlaceThisweekendIlearnedthearticlenamedACleanWell-lightedPlacebyHemingwayinparttime.Thi
2、sarticlegavemethedeepestimpressionamongthesereadingmaterials.AlthoughIadmitthatmaybeIdidn’tunderstanditwell,Ireallywanttomakefewremarksaboutit.“AClean,Well-LightedPlace”isoneofHemingway’smostacclaimedshortstories,asmuchforitsexquisitelysparsewritingstyleasforit’sexpertlyrenderede
3、xistentialistthemes.Existentialismisaphilosophicalmovementwhoseadherentsbelievethatlifehasnohigherpurposeandthatnohigherbeingexiststohelpusmakesenseofit.Instead,humansareleftalonetofindmeaningintheworldandtheirlives.In“AClean,Well-LightedPlace,”theolderwaitersumsupthedespairthatd
4、riveshimandotherstobrightlylitcafésbysayingsimply,“Itisanothing.”In“AClean,Well-LightedPlace,”Hemingwaysuggeststhatlifehasnomeaningandthatmanisaninsignificantspeckinagreatseaofnothingness.Theolderwaitermakesthisideaasclearashecanwhenhesays,“Itwasallanothingandmanwasanothingtoo.”W
5、henhesubstitutestheSpanishword“nada”intotheprayersherecites,heindicatesthatreligion,towhichmanypeopleturntofindmeaningandpurpose,isalsojustnothingness.Ratherthanpraywiththeactualwords,“OurFatherwhoartinheaven,”theolderwaitersays,“Ournadawhoartinnada”—effectivelywipingoutbothGodan
6、dtheideaofheaveninonebreath.Noteveryoneisawareofthenothingness,however.Forexample,theyoungerwaiterhurtlesthroughhislifehastilyandhappily,unawareofanyreasonwhyheshouldlament.Fortheoldman,theolderwaiter,andtheotherpeoplewhoneedlate-nightcafés,however,theideaofnothingnessisoverwhelm
7、ingandleadstodespair.Havingbeentoldthatthekeytounderstandingthedeepermeaningof"ACleanWelllightedPlace"byErnestHemingwayisbyseeingwhatmostisusedmostinit;Ithinkthefactthatthethemeofnadaor“nothingness”leadstheshortstory.SoIthinkthisstoryisaroundthetheme-LifeasNothingness.First,thest
8、oryisfilledwithlightandshadows,asanoldma
