"A clean, well-lighted place"

“A clean, well-lighted place” by Ernest Hemingway, has two waiters staying up late for an old customer. There is also a remake into a movie, in which there are similarities and differences. One difference was the scenery, because in the book the old man was drink outside. In the movie the old man was in the corner, sitting at a booth. Also, at the start of the movie there was creepy music, and when the old man was kicked out of café, the creepy music changed to sad music. Music is one way that the viewers vision is enhanced by.

Some similarities were that the younger waiter was impatience, self-centered, and selfish. He only though about himself when the old man stayed late for a few drinks. An example of that selfishness is when he says to the old man, “You should of killed yourself.” Even though the old man was deaf. The middle aged man was understanding, knowing of the background of the old man. He knew that drinking at home and drinking out are two different things, and defended the old man from the younger waiter. The old man was sad, and had nowhere to go. With his past troubles, he restores to drinking for comfort. 

A clean, well-lighted review

The three phrases I picked were about how the younger waiter’s impatience affect the writing. “You should have killed yourself last week," the young waiter said that to the old man knowing that he wouldn’t hear it. He only said that because he wanted to go home, for it was closing time. "He's lonely. I'm not lonely. I have a wife waiting in bed for me,” with that saying, it shows that the young waiter want to go home to his wife and bed. This is because it is late and he is tired, but is unable to leave due to the old man. "I want to go home and into bed,” Showing the younger waiter tiredness and impatience.

Red Chief

Bill and Sam needed some quick cash to pull off a scheme in western Illinois. Since they were in Alabama at the time, they came up with the idea of kidnapping. Looking at a small local town, they came up with one suspect, a son of a rich man. What they later found out was, that kid was more then what they bargained for.

The kid called himself Red chief, because he loves to play Indian with his kidnappers. Sam asked him if he ever wanted to go home, which Red chief responded “I don't have any fun at home. I hate to go to school. I like to camp out. You won't take me back home again, Snake-eye, will you ?” This is an example of Stockholm syndrome, where the hostage likes their kidnapper. It is a perfect model of irony, but that is not the largest irony yet.

The biggest irony of all is when Bill and Sam return red chief and pay his father two hundred-fifty dollars. Bill and Sam where the kidnappers and they had to pay the father to give the kid back! Somehow, the father knew that Red chief would annoy the kidnappers to the point, where they just want to give him back. Using that knowledge to his advantage, he countered their ransom with  his own deal. Bring   the kid home  and make the kidnappers pay two hundred-fifty dollars for returning the child.

At the end Bill and Sam lost two hundred-fifty dollars, their temper, and got a couple bruises. If Bill and Sam  truly knew who Red chief was, they probably would of not kidnapped him, because he was such  a nuisance. 

Titan's curse foreshadowing

In ancient Greek mythology, there is the Oracle. It can answer any question and tell ones future, but the answers in riddles.  In “The Titan’s Curse” by Rick Riordan, Percy and his friends encounter the Oracle and it informs them of this riddle, “Five shall go west to the goddess in chains, One shall be lost in the land without rain, The bane of Olympus shows the trail, Campers and Hunters combined prevail, The Titan’s cruse must one stand, And one shall perish by a parent’s hand.”  This riddle foreshadows the coming events they will encounter on their mission.

“Shall go west to the goddess in chains, One shall be lost in the land without rain” These lines tell of the quest to save one of the Greek goddess, Artemis, out in the western part of the U.S.A. It also reveals one person will be lost in the land without rain. It becomes true when Bianca was killed fighting Talos in the desert.

“The bane of Olympus shows the trail, Campers and Hunters combined prevail” The Bane of Olympus, was a homeless guy who showed the adventurers a train that was heading west. Hunters are the followers of Artemis, while campers are the sons and daughters of the gods. Two Hunters, Zoe and Bianca, go with three campers, Grover, Thalia, and Percy fulfilling this portion of the riddle.

“The Titan’s cruse must one stand, and one shall perish by a parent’s hand.”  The Titan’s Cruse is the cruse that was placed upon the titan Atlas; he was Kronsos’s general in the war against the gods. Atlas’s role was to hold up the sky so it wouldn’t touch the earth. Percy stepped in to hold up the sky, while the Greek goddess, Artemis and Zoe fought Atlas. Zoe’s farther was Atlas, and when fighting him, she was mortally wounded and later died, completing the last line in this riddle.

The riddle gave the adventures the insight they needed to direct them on the correct path.  Despite having some of them die throughout the book; the riddle proved to be accurate. They persisted on their quest to save the goddess Artemis