Nina Short Story Summary

The story of Nina was written in a historical moment in which Cuba and the United States were having issues, causing a crisis to the entire population especially negative effect to Cubans. The story starts of in the airport of Miami when a Mother who was travelling with her two kids to Cuba had fear the it will be her last time going back to her homeland. The mother warn her children about certain things that they should not disclosure in Cuba. “You have more money in the bank than their fathers make in a year.” (Angle 145) this is an important example of the social structure of Cubans.in addition, Nina is the main character of the story since she is the representation of the unhuman living condition and the suffering many people in Cuba live
Day by day. Nina was describe in the story as a girl who had a hold in her stomach. Her appearance only shows a girl whose life was vanishing away and that no one did anything to save her. The stories demonstrates two sides of Cuba really one is the beauty of their home land and the other one is the economic hardship they are going through and how they have to struggle to survive. For example, Nina death illustrates is a representation of Cubans how many of them loses they life for not having the resources they need.