Grace Post Two

The person I chose was Vivian. The main reason I chose her was because I felt that her being sent over at such a young age would make her unique compared to the other cuban exiles. The experience I want to discuss concerns the beginning of her new life. Her parents had felt that giving her a life of freedom was much better that growing up surrounded by oppression (they also feared that she would be sent to Russia, pg. 127). Her father had said that she had to be brave (pg. 128) and she was only seven at the time. Vivian truly was brave. She was so young and she was alone. Even though her father came, he left soon after (pg. 128). Vivian knows that she can't go back (pg. 126). She faces that truth and knows that she can never truly belong in Cuba (pg.126). Even if she were to go back, it would no longer be her home. It enhances Juan's story by giving a comparison to the adult exiles and gives another view.