Hopper's ability to narrate an entire story and create emotion through a simple painting should also be admired and revered. It portrays a few customers of an all-night cafe. The scene is viewed through a very large window on a desolate street corner, without a hint of life or movement outside the cafe. The people seem to have taken refuge in the safety of the brightly lit shelter from the torture that another dark and lonely night would bring. People are drawn to the work because of all its possible interpretations.
People enjoy speculating about the stories of each of the customers, as well as the bartender.
They appear to be silently awaiting for their respective times to return to home as they stand at the bar, engaging in little, if any, conversation. Each customer seems to be attempting to escape from the pain of the sad and lonely night. Again, Hopper introduces his own personal loneliness and solitude using his architecture to provide rhythm and the dark colors of the outside to establish the dreary mood of the work. Very few other artists possess such a fantastic ability to narrate a story that is different for almost everyone who views it. Another brilliant aspect of Hopper's work, is his ability to produce natural-looking sunlight.