Problem: He was beaten , mistreated , and survived famine and degrading conditions of living . At the start of his captivity he weighed one - hundred and seventy pounds and after eleven years he was down to merely ninety ! After he was liberated the communist regime withheld all his civil liberties . All his properties and inheritance was confiscated .

How did he feel when he went through what he went through ?

A: He felt miserable , pathetic , and weak after everything .

Problem: We split a meal and still have plenty . The table next to us orders appetizers , drinks , full meals and dessert . We overhear them talking about hardly having enough to get by . Then the waiter clears the table with about half of the food still on the plates .

Why is the narrator annoyed ?

A: Because people at the next table are claiming poverty but leaving food uneaten

Problem: I got ta get me one of these ! ! ! It 's like a glorified mouse pad that has a little pen tool that you use instead of a mouse . It 's SUPER sensitive to touch so when you 're drawing , you can do all kinds of cool sketches , etc . It works like a mouse too .

What may be a fact about the speaker ?

A:
They are an artist .