The Meaning of Nothing || On Ernest Hemingway's 'A Clean, Well-Lighted Place'

Link to read the story: archive.org/details/BM282003h...
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place was first published in 1933 in an issue of Scribner's magazine, and the story was later included in Hemingway's third and final short story collection, Winner Take Nothing, that same year.
Have some sources and further reading (some may require paid subscriptions to access):
www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+CO..."A+CLEAN,+WELL-LIGHTED...-a053409313
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[@southernlisa1]

Nice video. Highly informative. Thank you.

[@kinczyta]

Ooh Everything about the younger waiter is defined by what he has and everything about the older waiter is defined by what he lacks - liked that

[@BooksofAmber]

I haven't read the story but I love this analysis! The editing is also great.

[@Danikeenr]

Best analysis

[@anandiisreading]

Probably only existential dread, oofé. I was worried it might be something scary.

[@kinczyta]

OMMMMMMMMGGGGGGG haven't started watching yet, just excited

[@anandiisreading]

Kin SHUSH DONT DISTRACT ME

[@Noorihime]

Thank you for this enlightening analysis Rev! When I read it, the conversation in the story immediately felt ‘weird’ but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Glad to see it’s been a topic of debate for so long 😅 Also, thanks for that little insight in what literary students do. Anyway, great story, great video!

[@oliversmith4207]

thank you so much for watching, I'm glad you liked it!

[@kinczyta]

The editing is amazing!!

[@chriswimer6296]

Scribner changed the text?! Sacrilege! I’m only slightly kidding. I can’t believe they would alter the text like that. Hemingway had plenty of time to correct it if it were a mistake. The fact that he didn’t should say all that needs to be said on that. Regardless of his artistic intention, the text was intentional. Great video

[@rebeccadsouza9128]

Another thought comes to mind and that is the deafness of the old man. In a way, he is at a disadvantage and unable to connect completely with the world. Is it possible that this can be related to the alienation and isolation felt by 'The Lost Generation' ? I found your analysis of the story to be brilliant. Thanks for the upload. Cheers!

[@oliversmith4207]

That's a nice thought, certainly his deafness contributes to his loneliess. Especially because neither waiter makes any effort to make accommodations for it. Perhaps there's also something about the lack of understanding, and lack of effort to understand, that can occur between people of different generations in that as well, which I feel is quite a universal experience. Thank you for your comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the video

[@chandermukhikapoor8407]

Thankyou 😀

[@BaharAdhikaryHope]

Learnt so much. Thankyou ❤️

[@oliversmith4207]

Thank you for watching!

[@Jimmy_hoffa]

Hey Oliver. I realize I’m a random person on the internet and my opinions may not hold much weight, but I certainly believe you should create more videos. I was searching videos on this story to show my English class and didn’t find any resourceful videos. Yours is the best one. The confidence you have in your delivery and the overall analysis is very deep and quite simple to follow through. I highly recommend you make more videos on short stories. Especially the ones they teach in Colleges, those stories will give you more subscribers and overall popularity so you can continue your work. Once again great video 👍👍

[@jamesstout6280]

They spend many, many hours researching, hours to grab materials, filming time and equipment, and then weeks to edit to make a video which makes a few bucks a year and a few thousand views maybe. Not really going to be something that people can keep up. Patreon can barely pay bills for even successful book videos. It’s a labor of love that people quickly burn out on.

[@Jimmy_hoffa]

@@jamesstout6280 I agree. Sad reality