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Questions for Hemingway Stories: A Clean Well- Lighted Place

1. What is a simple pleasure that a character lives by? Why does the character need this simple pleasure? Manuel:The drunk guy from the cafe he goes to the cafe and drinks everyday til it closes. He needs this because hes lonely and has nothing else to do with his life at this point so he drinks away all his problems. I agree with manuel.-Natalie

== Natalie-The simple pleasure that this character lives by is simply being at the cafe. The drunk man felt that he needed this because he is elderly and he has nothing so he does this because to him it is his simple pleasure, going to the cafe and drinking until it closed relaxed him in a sense. ]==

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Gustavo: The old needs alcohol because he feels lonely and doesn't have anyone to share his problem with. The only thing that helps him is the alcohol.

2. How does a character live for the “here and now”? Who do they avoid focusing on the past or the future

== Natalie-He lives for the here and now because he doesn't care of how he ends up tomorrow he does not care if he is hungover he just cares that he is at the cafe living that moment drinking his rum. He avoids the waiters comments and the people who thinks on in the past. He just focuses on drinking then and there. ==

Gustavo: Imani The way the character lives for “here and now” he is only thinking about today he is just thinking about the fun he is having now he doesn’t really think about the consequences

3. How does a character avoid complications or complexities in life? Why do they avoid them?

=== Natalie-His drinking at the cafe is a way to just sit there and escape his problems by drinking until he is drunk is a way of not facing reality and hiding through the mask of drinking. He avoids them because he is older, doesn't work and at one point in time he had a wife. "You should have killed yourself last week."(p.380) The depiction of this old, drunk, lonely man who comes into the bar because at least there is light in the room a man who tried to kill himself the week before is tremendously saddening. It's not sad solely because of the predicament he's in, it's sad because of his outlook on life. Sergio: I never thought of it that way but he really does deal with alot of things, it seems to be that the cafe and the liquor are the only things motivating the old man to keep living after his attempt of suicide. === The character avoids complexities in life was he started to ask his father questions about death (95) he thought this would help him understand death more the character also dips his hands in water Keith: the old guy has complications by not being able to get anymore drinks, he avoids the problem by leaving? Gustavo: The old man cant have alcohol because its too late so he ends up leaving because he doesn't want to have any problems with the waiter.

4. How does the character demonstrate the ability to do something well, especially under pressure?

== Natalie- Its seems that under pressure he just leaves instead of confronting his problems he leaves as soon as they tell him to leave. The only thing that he seems to do well is to drink until he in a sense loses feeling of his surroundings == . Gustavo: By leaving and not saying anything back to the waiter.

5. What is the main theme of the story? Explain. The main theme in this story is that when problems are thrown at you you reject and do not accept them. Keith: about a guy not getting anymore drinks. so the Waiter told him to go home.

===Natalie-the theme of the story is nada or "nothingness." "It was all a nothing and a man was nothing too." There is no good or bad; no right or wrong the only thing that matters is making life somewhat pleasant.===