A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

• I think this story is relating to people who are scared of facing the darkness, so they are always looking for light. All the men are scared to be alone. It hints it a lot in the short story. They all live alone, and they want to stay at the bar as long as they can because they are scared to go home and be alone. The room is "light" and leaving it will only leave them in the darkness.
• This is a story about three men. There is a young waiter, old waiter, and a deaf man. The two waiters talk about what they know about the deaf man. He has tried to commit suicide, his wife has died, and how they need to send him home before he gets too drunk. The man doesn't go home any sooner than 3 a.m. because he will be alone after that. The waiters both don't want to go home either. They would rather stay at the cafe because they have nothing waiting for them at home.