What besides insomnia makes the older waiter reluctant to go to bed? Comment especially on his meditation with its nada refrain.

Respond with higher-order critical thinking to the following prompts about “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway.

What besides insomnia makes the older waiter reluctant to go to bed? Comment especially on his meditation with its nada refrain. Why does he understand so well the old man’s need for a café? What does the café represent for the two of them?
Compare
the younger waiter and the older waiter in their attitudes toward the
old man. Whose attitude do you take to be closer to that of the author?
Even though Hemingway does not editorially state his own feelings, how
does he make them clear to us?
Point
to sentences that establish the style of the story. What is distinctive
in them? What repetitions of words or phrases seem particularly
effective? Does Hemingway seem to favor a simple or an erudite
vocabulary?
What is the story’s point of view? Discuss its appropriateness.

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