Reading Response-- A Clean, Well-lighted Place

Reading Response:
1. Pick out at least three phrases/quotes which you think are especially important to the story (what you might mark on a printed text.) Briefly describe why you chose each.

"He'll stay all night," he said to his colleague. "I'm sleepy now. I never get into bed before three o'clock. He should have killed himself last week." – I think this quote is important because it is the first indication of just how disrespectful and in annoyed the younger waiter gets.

“After all, he said to himself, it's probably only insomnia. Many must have it.”—I think this is an important quote because it shows that the older waiter also has trouble sleeping and can relate to the old man who doesn’t sleep.

"Why didn't you let him stay and drink?" the unhurried waiter asked. They were putting up the shutters. "It is not half-past two."  -- I think this is an important quote because it shows how the older waiter is sticking up for the old man, and feels sympathy for him.