Yes I read the Book Quiz for Waiting for Snow in Havana

1. 

Louis and Marie Antoinette

• They had a huge argument on christmas about the Christmas tree and the nativity scene and the Christmas tree prevailed.

Carlos and the pea shooter.

• Carlos used a peashooter and shot a women in the behind, and Louis reprimanded him(but not really).

Louis and Marie Antoinette

• They also had a conflict about if they should send the boys. Marie prevailed again and Carlos and Tony were sent to the capital of Cuba, Miami.

2.  Three motifs:

1. Lizard- symbolizes cuba.
2. The birds- represents the beauty of Batista's Cuba
3. The christmas tree- represents the power of Marie Antoinette(his mother).

3. Major and Minor Themes.

• Major- The major theme of this book is how one's upbringing can so thoroughly affect the way that person turns out. Carlos Eire was changed by this experience, and his name even reflects that. The change from Carlos Nieto to Eire symbolizes the affect of this revolution.
• Minor- The theme of loss is prevalent in Waiting for Snow in Havana loss of wealth, and loss of everything.

4. Moments that support the themes.

• When he sees the cloud that resembles his country he shows disdain.
• How he describes the reason he doesn't eat dark food.
• His first confession.

5. Theme of Forgiveness.

• This book is a confessional, it is a way in which Eire is able to atone for his sins like in the book. He finally forgives his father and pieces together his past, in my opinion to try realize his own legacy. I don't Carlos ever said or meant to say anything that he wrote in his book.

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Waiting for Snow in Havana

Waiting for Snow in Havana a memoir of a cuban boy, who finally forgives his parents for making the tough decision to send him to a better life in the United States. 

How truthful is the recollection of Carlos Eire in Waiting for Snow in Havana, and for what reasons do you think that he embellished his memories?

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http://www.geni.com/family-tree

This is my family tree which has been extended from the requirements from 9th grade Human Geography. It shows how the Cuban Revolution sets the stage for other revolutions, which sets the stage for my family's migration. This relates to Waiting for Snow in Havana because Fidel's revolution is the reason my family is what it is if not for Fidel my parents would not have met.

Yoani Sanchez

Yoani Sánchez

 (born September 4, 1975 in Havana)

Yoani Sanchez is a Cuban philologist and blogger. She has achieved international fame along with an array of awards for her portrayals of a decrepit and venal socialist system that has failed young Cubans.Sánchez is best known for her blog, Generación Y  , which she is able to publish despite censorship in Cuba by e-mailing entries to friends outside the country, who then post them online.Time Magazine listed her as one of the world's 100 most influential persons in 2008, stating that "as one of the under the nose of a regime that has never tolerated dissent, Sánchez has practiced what paper-bound journalists in her country cannot: freedom of speech".

http://www.desdecuba.com/generationy/

WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA by Carlos Eire

“…But the most memorable quality of Waiting for Snow in Havana is its sense of emotional authenticity, of spontaneous testimony, which comes out in a disorderly, urgent stream of images and recollections. Reading groups may wish to debate how much this artlessness is actually the deliberate craft of the writer. This memoir will in particular reward those who enjoy talking about storytelling and the tension between necessary "fiction" and slippery facts. Using the methods of a masterful novelist, Eire leads the willing reader on a hunt for nothing more or less than that impossible quarry, the truth.” Bill Tipper

Waiting for Snow in Havana

Driving Question

Does world history set the stage for memoirs, or are memoirs the basis for world history as we know it?