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In Cuban I Was A German Shepherd Summary
I choose “In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd”, as the story of asylum is one of my favorite stories.
This is the story of a Cuban asylum family who lives in Miami. When he found "his university of Havana credentials meant nothing" (Menéndez, 2001); therefore, to survive Máximo and his wife Rosa started catering business which evolved into a small restaurant. After Rosa passed away, Máximo sold his properties and enjoy his old day with his friends.

I like the way writer illustrate how asylum laughing over their grief, especially this joke "So one of the guys on the sand says to Fidel, 'Compatriota, what are you doing here? What's with the raft?' And Fidel sits on his raft and pushes off the shore and says, 'I'm sick of this place too. I'm going

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