A Clean Well Lighted Place

The story "A Clean Well Lighted Place" was written to show how a lot of people need to find light, just to save themselves from the dark. In the story, there is an old waiter, a young waiter, and a old man drinking at the bar. The whole purpose of this story is to get the point across that many people need places where they can be in the light, so they don't get taken into the dark. 

In class, we had to watch a movie version of this short story. My initial thoughts on this film was that the directors did not capture the true meaning of the story. When people were supposed to be in the dark, or specifically in shadows, they were in broad light. I, personally, don't think that the directors did a good enough job making the true meaning of the story come out. I was really waiting for some variation of the tone of the actors voices, so it could show the true meaning of this story.