In Cuba I Was A German Shepherd

In the short story „In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd”, Ana Menendez discusses the cultural differences between Cuba and the United States. The story revolves around Maximo, a short Cuban exile in Miami who lives the traditions of his homeland by playing Domino with his friends. However, the jokes he tells harbor a deeper meaning and are essential for understanding the bitterness, the political conflicts in Cuba, and the distance he feels from his homeland. Maximo’s nostalgia, the discrimination, and the complete loss of his social status and his career prevent him from fully dedicating himself to his present life in the United States. Maximo and his friends played another round of Domino in the fenced park, which became a connection to the

He endured this form of discrimination from the moment he left his country, and lost his status, he, who was a professor in Cuba was not capable of driving a taxi in Miami. Also, the sheer discrimination since he was an exile and did not fulfill the standards for the United States. Raging, but still not treated earnestly as the tourist guide chuckled at him. Acting as if it was amusing to watch the men acting flustered, but Maximo’s friends knew that there was nothing they could do than to allow the white American people to observe them. There was nothing a Cuban or Dominican could do to prevent discrimination. The grief and bitterness Maximo felt are fully revealed. Maximo, an educated Cuban scholar who had everything in his country, but abandoned everything. However, after reaching the Promised Land he lost his social status and his career, only feeling the growing distance from his country. The discrimination he encountered here summed up the discrimination he encountered on a daily basis since he arrived in the United