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

·mentontheolderwaiter’smeditationwiththenadarefrain、

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

·Whydoestheoldwaitersowellunderstandtheoldman’sneedforacafé?

Theoldwaiterisamiddleageman、Thoughheisn’tasoldastheoldman,hesuffersthewarandlife,andhealsohastheinsomnialikemanyothermen（perhapsincludingtheoldman）、Healsofeelsthelonelinessandnothingnessinhislife、Sohecanunderstandtheoldman’sfeelingaboutthelife,andhecanevenrelateandseehisfutureintheoldman、Thisiswhytheoldwaitersowellunderstandstheoldman’sneedforacafé、Thecaféisapeacefulplacewheretheoldmancanescapefromthelonelinessandnothingnessanddesperationinthelife、

·Whatdoesthecaférepresentfortheoldmanandtheoldwaiter?

Thecaféisacleanandwelllightedplaceinthestory、Itisanidealizedspace、Sittinginthecafé,theywillfeelpeacefulandfortable、Thecaféisaplacewheretheoldmanandtheoldwaitercanescapefromloneliness、Thecaféislighted,becauselightcanchasesawaythedark、Thecaféisclean,whichmakesthemfeelfortableandpeaceful、

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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、Heknowstheimportanceofacleanandwelllightedplaceforthosewhoneedaplacetoescapefromlonelinessandnothingness、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,youcanhardlyfindanyplicatedwords,phrasesorsentences、Hemingwayuseseasyandsimplewordasmanyaspossible、Hetriestocutoutanyunnecessarywords、Thewholestoryiseasytoreadbutnottounderstand、

e、g、Itwaslateandeveryonehasleftthecaféexceptanoldmanwhosatintheshadowtheleavesofthetreemadeagainsttheelectriclight、[firstparagraph]

Secondly,thestoryconsistsofalotofdialogues、Andthesedialoguesarecolloquialandloose、

e、g、“Hewasindespair、”

“Whatabout?

”

“Nothing、”[page155]

Thirdly,thedialogueisdeviatedfromordinaryconversationorder、

e、g、“Hemustbeeightyyearsold、”

“AnywayIshouldsayhewaseighty、”

“Iwishhewouldgohome、Inevergettobedbeforethreeo’clock、Whatkindofhouristhattogotobed?

”（Thesethreedialoguesactuallyaresaidbytheyoungwaiter、）

·Whatrepetitionofwordsorphrasesseemparticularlyeffective?

Theword“café”appearsabout9times、Theword“nothing”appealsabout8timesandthe“Nada”appealsabout23times、“Light”appeals5times、“Cleanandpleasant”appeals3times、And“lighted（includingwelllighted）”appealsabouttwice、

Ithinkthesewords’andphrases’repetitionsareveryeffective、Theyhaveadeepsymbolisminthestory、Forexample:

Caféstandsforapeacefulplaceintheirheart,wherecangivethemfort、Andthroughthisrepetitionwewillpaymoreattentiontothiswordandthinkaboutitsprofoundmeaningandsymbolism、Anotherexample:

inthestory,HemingwayusetheSpanishwordNada,thisisnotonlytoshowtheauthorwasgoodatSpanish,butalsotodrawreadersattention、Andmakesreaderthinkaboutthisword、

·WhydoyouthinkHemingwayfavorsasimplevocabulary?

IthinkthatHemingwayusesasimplevocabularybecausethewordisnotthemostimportantthingtoshowforhim、Themostimportantthinginhismindistoconveyideasabouttheworld、Andhedoesn’twantreadersspendalotoftimetoreadthestory,hewantsthereadersspendmoretimetothinkaboutwhatistheprofoundthingthestorywantstotell,andhewantsreaderstounderstandthestoryexactlybutnotjustpayattentiontotheplot、Andtheextremeshortnessmakesthepointofthestorymorepowerful、

4Thepointofviewanditsappropriateness

Thepointofviewofthestoryisthethirdpersonnarrator、

Hemingwayusesthispointofviewinordertomakeusseewhat’shappeningbothinsideandoutsideofthecharacters’minds、Wegethintsofwhat’shappeningwiththeyoungerwaiterandtheoldman、Andwecangetacloselookattheinsideoftheoldwaiter’smind,wherethetruemeaningofthestoryisrevealed、

5Thesymbolismofinsomnia

Thiswordjustappealsattheendofthestory、Whenyouareinsomniac,youcannotsleepinthenight、Andyouwilltouchtheworldmorecloselyandfeellonelier、Inthestory,insomniaisnotonlyakindofdisease,butthefeelingofloneliness,thedarknessoflifeandthesegregationfromtheworld、Itisaboutfear,nothingandloss、

6Themainideaofthestory

Thestorytalksaboutloneliness,whichHemingwayconsiderstobetheprincipaltragedyofmodernlife、Nothingisalsoanimportantthemeofthestory、Fortheoldman,nadameanshopelessness,aimlessnessandmeaninglessnessoflife、Sohechoosessuicide、Fortheoldwaiter,heunderstandsthefeelingoftheoldmanandhassympathytohim、Hecanalsofeelnothinginhislife、Asfortheyoungwaiter,hehasyouth,confidenceandajob、Hedoesn’trealizeheisalsoinnothing、Heisunawareofwhathehas、Hislifeisanotherkindofmeaninglessness、

7Elementsofthesettingofthestoryandtheatmospherethatwasbuilt

·Thephysicalsetting

e、g、Itwaslateandeveryonehadleftthecaféexpectanoldmanwhosatintheshadowtheleavesofthetreemadeagainsttheelectriclight、Inthedaytimethestreetwasdusty,butatnightthedewsettledthedustandtheoldmanlikedtositlatebecausehewasdeafandnowatnightitwasquietandhefeltthedifference、[page154—page155]

Inthisparagraphwecanseethetime—fromdaytimetonight、Theplace—acafé,acleanandwelllightedcafé、Anditmakesatmospherethatadifferentplacefromthedaytime、Nowtheplaceisquietandthegoodlightgivespeopleasenseofsecurityandpeace、However,italsomakespeoplealittleupsetandhopelessnessthattheoldmansitsintheshadow、

·Thementalsetting

e、g、Somelivedinitandneverfeltitbutheknewitallwasnadaypuesnadaynadaypuesdana、Ournadawhoartinnada,nadabethynamethykingdomnadathywillbenadainnadaasitisinnada、…hailnothingfullofnothing,nothingiswiththee、[page159]

Thisistheoldwaiter’smeditationofthenadarefrain、Itmakesstressfulatmosphere、wecanfeeltheakindofnothingnesswhichyoucannotescape、Thewordsgivereadersconfusionbutyoucanfeelthelossandhugedespairclearly、

·Thesocialsetting

e、g、“Youhaveyouth,confidence,andajob,”theoldwaitersaid、“youhaveeverything、”

“Andwhatdoyoulack?

”

“Everythingbutwork、”

“YouhaveeverythingIhave、”

“No、、IhaveneverhadconfidenceandIamnotyou、”[page158]

Thisdialogueistalkingabouttheirsocialstatus、Theyoungwaiterthinksthathehasconfidenceandajob、Buttheoldwaiterthinksthathehasnothing、Thisparisonmakewethinkaboutwhatdotheyreallyhave、Andtheatmosphereisl