When I read the story A
Clean Well-Lighted Place, I didn’t feel as sympathetic to the old man
because there is no music in the background.
The music plays a big role in the videos because they set a sympathetic
and sad tone towards the end. In the
beginning of the video the music sounds sort of scary and suspenseful. The light in the café resembles comfort for
the old man. He knows he can take a
bottle of brandy and go home, but that wouldn’t be the same as sitting in a
well-lighted place with company of others.
Although he doesn’t really communicate with the waiters, he still likes
their company.
The bar that the waiter goes
to is really loud and not very well light.
He didn’t seem to enjoy the company of other because there were too many
people. This bar sort of represents a
dark place for the waiter because he did not like it there. Personally, I didn’t mind the long
screenshots because I could listen to the music in the background and focus on
that. If I were a person who was
bothered by the screenshots, I probably wouldn’t of finished the videos in the
first place. The short story was
obviously different because you couldn’t see anything, only read. I liked the videos better because I am more
of a visual learner so I like to see things.