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Questions for Hemingway Stories:

 Romel: Smoking is one simple pleasure the characters live by. "Across the bay they found the other boat beached. Uncle George was smoking a cigar in the dark. The young Indian pulled the boat way up on the beach. Uncle George gave both the indians cigars."(89)  Kylah:(pg.91) "Uncle George was smoking a cigar in the dark". Smoking is a pleasure of Uncle George that he enjoys, but can also be a simple pleasure to the indians.
 * 1. What is a simple pleasure that a character lives by? Why does the character need this simple pleasure?**

Megan: Smoking is a simple pleasure the characters live by in this story. "Across the vay they found the other boat beached. Uncle George was smoking a cigar in the dark. The young Indian pulled the boat way up on the beach. Uncle George gave both the Indians cigars."

Luis Melgar:It's a simple pleasure in life in which a character enjoys by doing what he needs. EX.(eating a doughnut, drinking a cup of coffee) diksha: i agree luis, but his job could be his pleasure also. Karen- The simple pleasure that; Dr. Adams emphasizes to Nick that although this young American Indian man committed suicide, women rarely do. Fear conquered the young American Indian man; he did not have the courage and strength to cope with it. (92) carolina "hot water with a cake of soap"

Kristin: (pg. 91) “Nick and his father got in…Uncle George.”
Rodrigo : Basic simple pleasures could be coffee, cigarettes and fear toward some situations. " Pull back that quilt, will you, George?" he said "I'd rather not to touch it" (93) Paola: I agree, but i thikng it would be divine if you add more to your sentences

Sam: nicks dad focuses on the present very well with out worrying about the future. he could of being nervous and messed up but instead staid calm and worked very well under presure as he quotes"feeling exalted and talkitive as football players are in the dressing room after a game"(pg.94)
 * 2. How does a character live for the “here and now”? Who do they avoid focusing on the past or the future?**

 Romel Munoz: The characters do not worry too much about what they do not like and worry more about the things they prefer. "In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die"(95) Karen- These..

Romel Munoz: The doctor decides to wait and see if the baby can make it instead of quickly jumping into the complicated operation. "... When they're not they make a lot of trouble for everybody. Maybe I'll have to operate on this lady. We'll know in a little while."(93)
 * 3. How does a character avoid complications or complexities in life? Why do they avoid them?**

Megan: Nick avoids complications in life by asking a lot of questions to his dad, especially when he was asking questions about death. “Is dying hard, Daddy” “No, I think its pretty easy, Nick. It all depends.” (95)

Sam: nicks father preformed the surgery very well and clam under pressure. Nick was able to watch and observe without being disruptive and while holding the basin .when nicks father said"doing a cesarean with a jack-knife and sewing it up with nine foot, tapered gut leaders."(pg.94)  Kylah: (pg.94) "He was feeling exalted and talkative as football players are in the dressing room after a game"- After the football game the football players are in the locker room talking, Nick is under pressure with all the players surrounding him and still manages to talk to them.
 * 4. How does the character demonstrate the ability to do something well, especially under pressure?**

 Megan: The character Nick in the story was able to watch and help his dad out with the surgury even though everyone in that room was under a lot of pressure. And the dad was able to deliver the baby and take care of the woman even though he was under pressure and didnt have all of his tools. "No. I havent any anaesthetic," his father said. "But her screams are not important. i dont hear them because they are not important." (92)


 * carolina:** the doctor showed ability by helping the women by having her baby under a lot of pressure.And the dad was able to deliver the baby and take care of the woman even though he was under pressure and didnt have all of his tools. "No. I havent any anaesthetic," his father said. "But her screams are not important. i dont hear them because they are not important." (92)

Rodrigo : The main theme of this story goes around the idea of American values over Native American culture. Also, Hemingway describes the tension between the necessity of medical action and the cultural demands for respect and integrity. In fact, the doctor may have saved the woman and her baby but her *way* of life has been forever damaged. 
 * 5. What is the main theme of the story? Explain.**