A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

"'Last week he tried to commit suicide,' one waiter said. 

'Why?'

'He was in despair.'

'What about?' 

'Nothing.'

'How do you know it was nothing?'

'He has plenty of money.'"

(Hemingway, 143)

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Thoughts regarding despair driven by indifferent ignorance. It is often the reality of things. Actions misunderstood and those unaware of true intentions only reveal a superficial surface, forever donning a lack awareness in what unfolds in the depths of any certain individual. The message Hemingway portrays here in theses few lines is clear, all the glitters is not gold. Whatever trivial possessions one may have cannot and will not compensate for the hole another may bear in his soul.