The next stage of life is represented by the older waiter, as he symbolizes middle age. The older waiter understands the trouble of his older customer. He tries to explain his and the old man’s sadness to his young counterpart saying, “I am of those who like to stay late at the café....With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night” (Page 3). With this, he eludes that the cafe brings back a certain purpose in his life. One that helps others like him deal with their own eternal grief. He convinces himself that, “Nada y pues nada,” signifying the sentiment of emptiness without purpose and the belief that life is meaningless (Page 3). When the confused youth questions that, “You have everything that I have,” the old waiter uses the excuse, “I never had confidence and I am not young” (Page 3). He is negatively disillusioned in the sense that he believes there is nothing he can do to better his situation, however it probes the reader to believe that it is not true. The final and last stage is the elderly, represented by the deaf, old
The next stage of life is represented by the older waiter, as he symbolizes middle age. The older waiter understands the trouble of his older customer. He tries to explain his and the old man’s sadness to his young counterpart saying, “I am of those who like to stay late at the café....With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night” (Page 3). With this, he eludes that the cafe brings back a certain purpose in his life. One that helps others like him deal with their own eternal grief. He convinces himself that, “Nada y pues nada,” signifying the sentiment of emptiness without purpose and the belief that life is meaningless (Page 3). When the confused youth questions that, “You have everything that I have,” the old waiter uses the excuse, “I never had confidence and I am not young” (Page 3). He is negatively disillusioned in the sense that he believes there is nothing he can do to better his situation, however it probes the reader to believe that it is not true. The final and last stage is the elderly, represented by the deaf, old