1. The story starts with an old man sitting alone in a café.

2. His plan to stay longer in the café was interrupted by the impatient young waiter.

3. The old man pays and leaves the café. 4. The café closes.

5. The old waiter goes to a bar and drinks coffee.

5. The older waiter goes home.

“Last week he tried to commit suicide.”

“He’s lonely. I’m not lonely. I have a wife waiting in bed for me.”

“Each night I am reluctant to close up because there may be some one who needs the café.”

“It was not a fear or dread. It was a nothing that he know too well.”

“Hail nothing, full of nothing, nothing is with thee.”

“After all, he said to himself. It’s probably only insomnia. Many must have it.”

Mankind tend to grow old and fall to the depths of despair, loneliness and the feeling of nothingness.

THEME

Old man Old Waiter Younger Waiter

Rich but a deaf, lonely

old man.

Understan-ding and

Compassio-nate.

Insensitive and

immature.

Author’s Purpose1. To let people realize and accept that

we will reach the point where we will feel empty and losing purpose in life as we aged.

2. Earthly things meant nothing including Religion, because prayers only cannot save one person from despair.

SettingLate night at a café in Spain.

Point of ViewThird Person

CAFEPEACE OF MIND“can ease the feeling of loneliness even just in a short period of time, because of its relaxing ambiance especially when the café is well-lighted, clean and in order”

Every person KNOWS the feeling of being in despair, BUT sometimes one must struggle ALONE.

minimalist and sparse

few adverbs and adjectives

uses pronoun without clarifying the subject

Iceberg Principle“small information is provided”

Adios