Finish reading, "Internal Monologue on a Corner in Havana" and answer the following questions:
- Why is the protagonist on the street?
- List three of the protagonist’s complaints.
- What are the protagonist’s hopes and dreams?
- What is ironic about his high school literature teacher saying, “Life is a Dream”? What type of irony is this?
- What could be the political purpose of the “mobilization in the countryside”?
- Identify examples of biblical and literary allusions.
- How would you describe the protagonist’s mood at the end of the story?
- What could the Cuban government do to make life better for the protagonist and others like him? Why haven’t they done this?