The Theme Of Cultural Challenges In Cuba By Ana Menendez

a German shepherd’ as the writer is totally aware to explain such idea therein. The full story is about the immigrants and how they are missing their home country Cuba, especially Maximo as this is clear through the choice of words by Ana Menendez. In the short story, we find that the familiarization therein attempts to orientate self in the world. Also, writing attempts to restore the old world from nostalgic memory: the writer’s attempt to understand a new place through familiarization happens through the use of metaphor and analogy, “ ‘the master tropes’of migration”(Essay Summary for In Cuba I was a German Shepherd, 8 Feb 2014).So that the theme of the cultural encounter is illustrated perfectly in the short story by Ana Menendez.
Of course, the old man, Maximo, is very aware about the cultural encounter concept in the story. The meeting in the park is the most important proof for his awareness to such idea; whereas all Cuban immigrants are so interested in this place. When the Cuban dog sees a beautiful while poodle and talked to her in Spanish, he replied as ‘This is America- kindly speak English’. This is a so clear proof for Maximo awareness about the cultural encounter theme in
The place is used to illustrate the cultural encounter in the story by Ana Menedez when she examines how the exile attempts to re-chart the new place of the characters in order to orient themselves in order to understand a new place expressively. The characters, especially the Protagonist Maximo, the park as a metaphor to their home country. They used to gather and play dominos in this place to show to what extent they are missing and longing to their country. Maximo is left without a place because he has no way to orient himself. Maximo is caught between place and time because he has no place from which to speak since he cannot resolve his current place and his