Comparing Miss Brill 'And' A Clean Well-Lighted Place?

A lot of people would say that age is just a number. It's a phrase that people will disagree and agree with. The stories that I read are both examples that can easily prove that maybe that phrase isn't so true after all. "Miss Brill" starts off positively, showing an older woman spending a normal day in the park and enjoying the scenery and environment. Later in the story, it explains her reasons for going to the park routinely. While "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" doesn't start of positively, it does not start off negatively either. Two waiters are just having a normal conversation about one of their customers, a deaf old man who comes to drink every night. While one waiter criticizes the man, the other defends him. When reading both of the

Miss Brill felt different because the younger generation would make fun of her and laugh at what she did. The older waiter had also felt lonely and isolated because of all the negative things the younger waiter said about being old. The younger generation would represent society, as what they said and do is usually the trend. Think about it, has something that an older person done ever been considered "trendy"? Both of the character experience negative feelings, coping with things such as alcohol and maybe even suicide. Although both stories are purely fictional, this can definitely be applied to the real world. There are alcohol addictions and even attempted suicide between older people. There are uncommon habits that many people in the older generation have that would be considered "weird," such as going to the park with fur on their neck and believing that everything is a play. No matter how rich or successful people can be, loneliness is inevitable and it comes with aging. When people are young, they realize that there's a lot to live for. But once they age, they gain experience. They lose people, experience heartbreak, and even realize that they might not have long before they're in a coffin. Aging can be a sad