A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is a short story writtn by Ernest Hemingway.This short story is about an old, deaf man who is all alone. He goes to a little cafe each night and gets drunk. In the very begining of the story it shares with us how he tries to commit suicide; however, his neice walks in on the process and stops him. The younger waiter becomes very irritated with this old man because he wants to go home to be with his wife, but just can't because the old man will not leave the cafe. However, the older waiter understands why the old man does not want to go home to his empty house all alone.