1. What time does the woman enter the restaurant? Who is there? What is he doing? What type of woman is the one that enters the restaurant? According to the man, what is the daily routine of the woman?
2. According to the woman, why is that day different? What is the favor that the woman asks the man? How does he react? Why does the woman have plans to leave the next day? In the final part, the woman asks the man for another favor, what is she asking for?
3. Would you help a person you love to cover up a crime? What kind of life do you imagine a prostitute leads?
4. What are the dangers of the life of a prostitute? Do you know couples in which the man is submissive to the woman?
5. Do you know couples in which the man is more sensitive than the woman? Do this kind of couple still?
6. What is the theme of the short story “Clarisa” by Isabel Allende?
7. What are the main character differences between Clarisa and her husband?
8. How is the portrayal of women in “Clarisa”?
9. What is your opinion about Clarisa’s decision of having kids with Camilo Leonfuegos?
10. Do you agree with her?