Ana Menendez's In Cuba I Was A German Shepherd
Hello,
I have chosen “‘In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd” by Ana Menendez short story because the name of it attracted me. Shortly it is about four Cuban men who immigrated after the revolution to Miami. It expresses their home sickness. Although I read hundreds of short stories, it is my first to force myself to read this story; I really don’t like it anymore for several reasons.
Firstly, The writer depended on the hidden meanings, especially when she described the desire of the people to end the authoritarian government of Cuba, with Maximo’s joke “ Máximo continued, "Clinton goes up to a Cuban fellow and says, `Compadre, how are things in Cuba these days?' The guy looks at Clinton and he says to the president, `Let me tell you, my friend,
I have chosen “‘In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd” by Ana Menendez short story because the name of it attracted me. Shortly it is about four Cuban men who immigrated after the revolution to Miami. It expresses their home sickness. Although I read hundreds of short stories, it is my first to force myself to read this story; I really don’t like it anymore for several reasons.
Firstly, The writer depended on the hidden meanings, especially when she described the desire of the people to end the authoritarian government of Cuba, with Maximo’s joke “ Máximo continued, "Clinton goes up to a Cuban fellow and says, `Compadre, how are things in Cuba these days?' The guy looks at Clinton and he says to the president, `Let me tell you, my friend,