英语小说导读海明威之 a clean welllighted place的课后练习.docx

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英语小说导读海明威之acleanwelllightedplace的课后练习

ANSWERSTOQUESTIONS

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·Whatbesidestheinsomniamakestheoldwaiterreluctanttogotobed?

Ifwejustfromthesurfacetoanswerthisquestion,wecanpickupsomeopinionfromthestory:

e.g.“Iamthosewholiketostaylateatthecafé,”theolderwaitersaid.“Withallthosewhodonotwanttogotobed.Withallthosewhoneedalightforthenight.”[page158Para.14]

“…EachnightIamreluctanttocloseupbecausetheremaybesomeonewhoneedsthecafé.”[page158]

However,ifweanalysesdeeply,wewillrealizethatinsomniaisjustasymbolismofthestory.Whenyouaresleeplessinthenight,youwillkeepawakethroughthehourofdarkness,andthiswillmakeyoufeellonelyandevenworse,thedespair.Thereisnotonlyaboutinsomniabutaboutloneliness,thedarknessoflife,thesegregationfromtheworld,andthenothingness.Andthosedesperatefeelingsarethemostimportantthingtomaketheoldwaiterandtheoldmanrefusetogotobed

·commentontheolderwaiter’smeditationwiththenadarefrain.

Nadameansnothing.ItisaSpanishword.Andfromthisrefrain,wecanknowthatnothingcannotbedealwithbymanorgod.Itisthesenselessnessofeachheart.Thereisnomeaninginlife.Nothingistheexperienceofone’sownexistence,andthethoroughunderstandingoflife.

·Whydoestheoldwaitersowellunderstandtheoldman’sneedforacafé?

Theoldwaiterisamiddle-ageman.Thoughheisn’tasoldastheoldman,hesuffersthewarandlife,andhealsohastheinsomnialikemanyothermen（perhapsincludingtheoldman）.Healsofeelsthelonelinessandnothingnessinhislife.Sohecanunderstandtheoldman’sfeelingaboutthelife,andhecanevenrelateandseehisfutureintheoldman.Thisiswhytheoldwaitersowellunderstandstheoldman’sneedforacafé.Thecaféisapeacefulplacewheretheoldmancanescapefromthelonelinessandnothingnessanddesperationinthelife.

·Whatdoesthecaférepresentfortheoldmanandtheoldwaiter?

Thecaféisacleanandwell-lightedplaceinthestory.Itisanidealizedspace.Sittinginthecafé,theywillfeelpeacefulandcomfortable.Thecaféisaplacewheretheoldmanandtheoldwaitercanescapefromloneliness.Thecaféislighted,becauselightcanchasesawaythedark.Thecaféisclean,whichmakesthemfeelcomfortableandpeaceful.

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·Differentattitudestowardstheoldman

Theyoungwaiter:

Theyoungwaiterisselfishandimpatient.Helooksdownupontheoldman.Hethinkstheoldmanisnasty.Heiseasilyangryandimpolitetotheoldmanbecausehewantstogobackhomeandsleepsearly.Hedoesn’tunderstandtheoldman.Heevenwantstheoldmantosuicide.

e.g.“I’msleepynow,Inevergetintobedbeforethreeo’clock.Heshouldhavekilledhimselflastweek.”[page155]

“Iwouldn’twanttobethatold.Anoldmanisanastything.”[page157para.6]

Theoldwaiter:

Theoldwaitershowshissympathyfortheoldman,whichistotallydifferentwiththeyoungerwaiter.Heknowstheimportanceofacleanandwell-lightedplaceforthosewhoneedaplacetoescapefromlonelinessandnothingness.Heknowstheoldman’ssufferingsandwassympathizedwithhim.Hedoesn’tthinkitisbadthattheoldmanstaysinthecafélate.Herespectstheoldman.

e.g.“Notalways.Thisoldmanisclean.Hedrinkswithoutspilling.Evennow,drunk.”[page157]

·Whoseattitudeisclosertothatoftheauthor?

Ithinktheoldwaiter’sattitudeisclosertotheauthor’sattitude.Theyoungwaiterisignorance.Hedoesn’tunderstandtheoldman’smindsohecan’tstandfortheattitudeoftheauthor.Andtheoldwaiterissympathizedwiththeoldmanandheunderstandswhattheoldmansuffers.Heknowsthelonelinessandnothingness;heknowsthelossanddespairinthelife.Sotheoldwaiter’sattitudeabouttheoldmanisclosertotheauthor‘sattitude.

·Howdoestheauthormakehisownfeelingclearlytous?

EventhoughHemingwaydoesn’teditoriallystatehisownfeelings,wecanknowclearlyfromhisstory.Wecananalyzefromthedescriptionoftheoldman.

e.g.“notalways.Thisoldmanisclean.Hedrinkswithoutspilling.Evennow,drunk.”[page157]

Averyoldmanwalkingunsteadilybutwithdignity.[page157]

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·Thestyleofthestory

Inthisshortstory,wecanseeaveryHemingway’swritingstyle.

Firstly,youcanhardlyfindanycomplicatedwords,phrasesorsentences.Hemingwayuseseasyandsimplewordasmanyaspossible.Hetriestocutoutanyunnecessarywords.Thewholestoryiseasytoreadbutnottounderstand.

e.g.Itwaslateandeveryonehasleftthecaféexceptanoldmanwhosatintheshadowtheleavesofthetreemadeagainsttheelectriclight.[firstparagraph]

Secondly,thestoryconsistsofalotofdialogues.Andthesedialoguesarecolloquialandloose.

e.g.“Hewasin