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In eight pages this paper explores what Ana Menendez reveals about Cuban politics through her use of humor in her text In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
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revolutionary-turned-dictator Fidel Castro influences all aspects of Cubas society - its culture, politics, and social system. After an accomplished journalistic career that included stints at The Miami Herald and
the Orange County Register, Ana Menendez penned her first novel, a collection of stories with the humorous title In Cuba I was a German Shepherd (Kakutani C8). In her
review of the text published in The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani observed that the authors use of black humor "not only convey[s] the bittersweet mood of exile but also
give us a wonderful gallery of idiosyncratic characters whose lives overlap to create a sense of shared history, shared losses" (C8). Ana Menendez uses humor throughout the text, mostly
through jokes told by Cuban exiles that - like the Menendez family - relocated to Miami to escape Castros oppressive rule. Maximo emerges as one of the books most important
characters because he is the jokester. Once an esteemed professor at the University of Havana, when he, his wife Rosa, and their two young daughters boarded a plane for
Miami on December 31, 1960 (two years after the departure of ousted Cuban president Fulgencio Batista), Maximo knew that his Havana university credentials "meant nothing" in the United States (Menendez
6). After an unsuccessful career as a cab driver, Maximo and Rosa decided to open a restaurant on Eighth Street, which became a popular gathering place for exiles like
themselves. While eating the comfort foods like black beans that reminded them of their childhood, the exiles would exchange jokes and swap stories. The tales they tell are
shaped by their own personal experiences, but they also represent the collective struggle of the post-Cuban Revolution experience that had a profound effect upon each of them. In his
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