Questions to ponder...

CUBA: A TRAVELER'S  LITERARY COMPANION

1. At this point of the semester if you had to name one text (or more) that has most altered your thinking on Cuba, would one of these stories be included among your candidates?

2. Is there a story in the Bardach anthology that challenges one of your pre-conceived ideas or notions about Cuba?

3. Which story, if any,  reinforced one of your pre-conceived ideas about Cuba?

4. Cite texts in the anthology that have made you  ...

• a. more tolerant of political differences

• b. more sympathetic (and empathetic) with Cubans

• c. more sympathetic (and empathetic) with Cuban-Americans or other exiles

• d. more aware of the complexities of Cuban society

• e. more conscious of historical and contemporary marginalized groups within our own society (eg., slave narrative, homosexual film, etc.)