ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1
·
What besides the insomnia makes the old waiter reluctant to go to
bed?
If we just from the surface to answer this question, we can pick up
some opinion from the story:
e.g.
“I
am
those
who
like
to
stay
late
at
the
café
,
?/p>
the
older waiter said.
?/p>
With all those who do not want to go
to
bed.
With
all
those
who
need
a
light
for
the
night.
?/p>
[ page 158 Para.14]
“?/p>
Each
night
I
am
reluctant
to
close
up
because
there may be someone who needs the café
.
?/p>
[page 158]
However, if we analyses deeply, we will realize that insomnia is just
a symbolism of the story. When you are sleepless in the night, you will
keep
awake
through
the
hour
of
darkness,
and
this
will
make
you
feel
lonely and even worse, the despair. There is not only about insomnia but
about loneliness, the darkness of life, the segregation from the world, and
the
nothingness.
And
those
desperate
feelings
are
the
most
important
thing to make the old waiter and the old man refuse to go to bed