Millions of immigrants flee to this county in search of the American "dream." Whether that dream is success, wealth or happiness, it is the dream for something better than the life they have now. The play "The Cuban Swimmer" is an interesting allegory of the immigrant experience in America. Each character represents a different generation and perspective on the immigrant experience and its pressures. .
Eduardo and his wife Aida fled Cuba to come to America in search of their own American dream. Together they had two children, Simon and Margarita. They are a very close knit family, even the grandmother lives with them. Sanchez uses her own personal background here because like most immigrant families many generations often live together. The family travels together on the boat to support Margarita as she swims the marathon to Catalina. The relationship between the father, Eduardo, and his daughter, Margarita, is the one I find most important. Eduardo is Margarita's coach, her mentor. He is the one who pushes Margarita to give it her all throughout the whole race. Like most parents he appears to want what is best for his daughter, he wants her to succeed. The question is at what cost. As we learn in the play, Eduardo is not a swimmer himself, yet he is his daughters coach. One must ask the question that maybe it was a dream of Eduardo's to be a swimmer yet for some reason he failed and is now trying to live vicariously through his daughter. He pushes her very hard. As demonstrated in the scene with the oil spill, Eduardo, although concerned for his daughters well being, he lets her stay in the water and urges her to swim. This may be symbolic of the obstacles immigrants must overcome to achieve their goals. It seems as if Eduardo feared failure, especially since the media was watching which in turn meant that the world was watching. Had he taken Margarita out of the water she would have been disqualified from the race, thereby making him look like a failure as a coach, and maybe even as a father, in front of the rest of his family and the people watching on television.
This beach is located in Cuba. ... The sunshine is more beautiful on Varadero beach than anywhere in Cuba. ... There are many attractive places to go for a stroll, go boating on the lake or swim at the pool. ... There is a Dolphinarium with the chance to swim with them. ...
First thing we did was to take a swim test. ... My first instinct was to swim for the boat, but the Captain yelled to everyone to stay still so that's what I did until it disappeared into the wreck. ... We could see a storm over 150 miles away like over Cuba. ...
With his back injured, he managed to swim with his surviving men to an island three miles away and they were rescued five days later ,this cause him be awarded by the U.S. ... In October 1962 a increase of Soviet short- and intermediate-range nuclear missiles was discovered in Cuba. Kennedy demanded that the missiles be dismantled; he ordered a "quarantine" of Cuba--in effect, a barrier that would stop Soviet ships from reaching that island. ...
These, so called, political overtones were also manifest in the later East German, Soviet and Cuban use of major sporting occasions to parade their political doctrines to the rest of the world. ... The Soviet System was also politically motivated, as was the Cuban production line of boxers as is the latest arrival - the gymnasts, swimmers and the distance runners of the People's Republic of China. ...
Vincent, but Columbus managed to swim ashore. ... Columbus then sailed among the Bahamas, and landed in Cuba. ... This land, unlike Cuba, was rich with gold and many other natural resources. ... After searching the Cuban coastline and Jamaica for gold, Columbus had decided that Hispaniola was the richest source for gold. ... Columbus continued down past Jamaica, southern Cuba, Honduras, and Nicaragua. ...
Also, African American children are more likely to want to be a professional basketball player rather than a swimmer because they feel more possibility to become a basketball player due to heroes of basketball, such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. ... The same as Japanese players, many Dominicans and Cubans tend to dream about becoming professional baseball players in America. ...
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