In Cuban I Was A German Shephard Analysis

I’ve chosen Ana Menéndez’s story “In Cuba I Was a German Shephard” because, since I’m a Latino, I thought I could relate to the story.

The story is about four Latino men (two Cubans -– Máximo and Raúl -- and two Dominicans – Carlos and Antonio) that gather together every morning to play Dominos in a park in Miami. The story often goes back in time telling the reader about the background of some of the men – especially Máximo - and how they lived their lives in their countries before coming to America.

In Ana Menéndez’s tale, Máximo is the one who is always telling jokes about his homeland. In one of these jokes, he says that a group of rafters is on a Cuban shore ready to sail to Miami, and one of them sees Fidel Castro coming to the shore