We Came All The Way Analysis

We Came All the Way From Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? by Achy Obejas connects to different voices of female narrators giving multiple perspectives on homosexuality. For example, in Wreck the narrator explains her situations of constantly getting into car accidents when romance fails, and in Forever, the narrator is busy trying to sort out her past with her ex-lover, which is revealed when she talks about them being good lesbians. In these three stories, the ongoing theme of love, fidelity, acceptance and rejection are depicted as the narrator takes us through different journeys as well as circumstances. It takes two people to be in a relationship and they must behave in a certain way if the relationship has to survive. In Wrecks,
The narrator describes Sandra’s new girlfriend as being tall and wooden in order to express her dislike of her and also speaks ill of Sandra herself even though she once was in love with her. She says, “Sandra’s dark, jealous, and bird-like, as impatient and breathtaking as a nestling, and the new babe is tall and wooden” (Obejas,11). The expression ‘wooden’ depicts the lack of feelings or emotions of Sandra’s new partner. She can’t stop thinking about the fact that they are not a good fit. It almost seems like she is obsessing over Sandra. She seems to be having a hard time letting
In We Came all the Way, the narrator’s father feels betrayed by the government since he is forced into exile as a result of holding divergent ideas to those held by Fidel Castro. The narrator paints his father as a patriot since he buys a television set, something he had been postponing for long just to watch athletes from his country participate in Olympic Games in Mexico. The narrator in the story Wrecks feels betrayed by her girlfriends. Despite living together all it took was one incident to change their minds about her. Lesbianism is another theme covered in all three stories. Desperation is another theme that is covered in these stories. The narrator’s family is desperate for new life, one that is free from war. They flee to the US to start a new life after conflicts broke up in their country. Cuba and all those opposed to the regime were targeted. Desperate to provide a decent life for the family and secure good education for his daughter, her father is forced to flee his country despite being a patriot. Faced with the question why he is seeking political asylum in the US, the narrator’s father says “we came for her, so she could have a future”. The narrator is desperate in her quest for true love as evident in the number of women she has dated, but who later broke up with her for one reason or another. The activist in the story, Forever is also desperate to keep her newfound partner longer than her other