Del Pino Family Women In Dreaming In Cuba By Christina Garcia

In the novel Dreaming in Cuba, author Christina Garcia’s vividly illustrated the complicated mindset of the del Pino family women. Varying through each generation beginning with the elder of the four females, Celia. Celia who is the mother of Lourdes and Felicia and the grandmother of Pilar each had become conformed to live in this imaginative world that provided them with mental stability and peace of mind. Celia who was actively devoted to driving the revolution had strategically developed a lifestyle that nurtured the regrowth of Cuba according to the ruling of El Lider. However, Lourdes had a far less interest in supporting the resolution of Cuba. After experiencing conflicting incidents that lead to the loss of her husband’s wealth and

The short story written by Mary Berg, provided the tactful ways within a communist society. Taking from the (title) it featured the story of a Cuban mother diligently planning to host a birthday celebration for her young son. Having limited access to common resources, Cubans actively relied on the barter system to live a traditional lifestyle. Beginning with providing food and cake for the guest, she had no guarantee that a cake would be given due to inadequate resources of eggs and other cake supplies. She reviewed her list and affirmed her efforts to obtain her son’s cake. Knowing that “she’d already stood in line to place the order for the state cake, down at city hall, and she’d taken that coupon over to the other address they gave her, “she still however notated that task as questionable’ (Berg, Mary G). There were other variables that needed to be considered, however the process affirmed the shortage amongst the land. In the story Dreaming in Cuban, Celia felt “that her daughters didn’t understand her commitment to El Lider”. The images of Lourdes sugary sweets were defined as an attack to her beliefs and an insult to the need of “butter, cream and eggs” in Cuba.” (117) Celia diverted her attention from the success of Lourdes bakery and credited it to sabotaging the movement of the

In the movie, anti-communist Fidel conspired to escape the revolution and fulfill his life dream in the U.S. Fidel and Lourdes both experienced cruel and harsh encounters with revolution soldiers that further increased their desire to leave Cuba behind. Describing the revolution as enslavement and enticed the feeling to live a life of individuality and freedom. Intimidation tactics were imposed on both Fidel and Lourdes to control their minds ands and behaviors, however the revolution only increased their desire to live a life with Cuba being as a faint image in the their rearview. As for Celia, she was amongst the majority of the radical supporters that carried out drastic duties as devotees of the Revolution just as other devotees. Believing that the revolution was best for the Cuban lifestyle, every task was fulfilled believing that the Revolution itself was