"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”

Throughout the short story the young waiter and old waiter are waiting for the drunken old man to leave a café. They both talk about how he doesn’t need anymore to drink, that he tried to kill himself, and how they just want to go home. However, at the end of the story the old waiter thinks about his life and wondering if other people have insomnia. He also has an epiphany of how is life is similar to the old man and how he does not have much time to live. He relates to the old man with age and how his life is also coming to an end.