Learning To Die In Miami by Farah Altameemi

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altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 16:57:14 UTC

Introduction about Carlos

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:08 UTC

Eire was an orphanage and immigrant boy who was new to America, new to his home, and new to his school. He faced some challenges like having to learn English and meeting someone that would at least be like him. One thing about the book Learning to Die in Miami was that he had to explore the relationship between parents and children. After he was separated from his parents, Carlos said, “We had letters, yes, but letters are a very poor substitute for parents when you're eleven…children need to press the flesh and to have mom and dad there..." -(Quote: 1) (Source!)

Catholic School

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:12 UTC

To begin with, as we all know that Eire is an Orphanage boy who was an immigrant in America and was new to everything which made it hard for him to understand much of what everyone would talk about but he also was sent to Catholic school and was there for several years "Thou shalt not have any dirty thoughts.' I'd already had several years of Catholic schooling, after all, and learned all there was to learn about sin." (p:6)-(Quote: 2), This also shows us that Carlos is born as a religious boy.

I wish I was American

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:15 UTC

Eire is a Cuban boy but was raised in America where he was later on adopted, and as a Cuban kid that is raised in America he was proud that he was raised and taken there because of how safe it is and in addition, he wishes he was American in the first place "Damn it. Damn it. it's not fair, at all,""I thought. why couldn't this be my place of birth? So I decided, right there and then at that rinky-dink store, that I'd become an American and forget about being Cuban, at least for the time being" (pg: 19)-( Quote: 3).

I have a home a loving one

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:18 UTC

To begin with, Eire sometimes will feel that he's no where because he is adopted but when he starts noticing he starts reminding himself that hes there and is home with a mom and a dad and others with him, and that they won't ever leave him behind or let him go, "I'm there and not there all at once. I'm home. Home. I've always been here and always will be, and there is no void. None at all. The void is exposed for what it is: nothing. And against this fullness and Light there can be no void of any kind, no Absence, no darkness, no Unrequited Love. And time is stripped of its hypnotic power, and in this eternal Now there is no longing, no pain, no guilt of any kind, only pure love that seems like annihilation, but is just its opposite..." (pg: 29)-(Quote:4). As we all saw, this quote shows us how much he is appreciative to be in a home and get love.

I am better off by myself

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:25 UTC

In this part of the book, Eire is talking about how he doesn't need a mom or dad because he can go off by himself without anyone "Adults can get by on letters, or even have better relationships with each other through letters than by living together, but children need to press the flesh and to have Mom and Dad there, day in, day out. Without that sort of contact, Mom and Dad become ciphers, mere concepts. And once they become that, you can kiss Mom and Dad good-bye for good. You Don't really need them. And you immediately learn that you don't need any other blood relations either, especially if they, too, are out of the picture" (Pg:44) -(Quote: 5).

I speak English

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:27 UTC

As we all know, Eire is not an america so he didn't really know English much as he did know Spanish, but his friend Aaron helped him learn English, and also because no one in his family spoke Spanish which made it easier and faster for him to learn English which by June he was fluent in English "I had an advantage over most of the kids in that class. When I went home, no one spoke Spanish. So I learned English very, very quickly. By the time June rolled around and school was over, I was already fluent.... Aaron helped me overcome my fear of seeming foolish, which is always the greatest obstacle in learning how to use a new language" (p: 55)-(Quote: 6).

My Parents are religious

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:30 UTC

Eire's Parents are very religious so they make him read religious books, and so they got him a book and said it would answer any questions he had, but Eire doesn't want to read these books he wants to read books about his country Cuba because he loves his country. " I should have been reading the only book the Cuban authorities had allowed me to bring along on my journey, the awful book chosen by my parents: The imitation of Christ, written by Thomas a Kempis in the fifteenth century and translated into Spanish by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg in the seventeenth. But I couldn't read that depressing book any more than I could have pounded nails into my own hands and feet or rammed a crown of thorns onto my head" (p:73)- "My parents had told me that the book would always answer whatever questions I had..." (p:74)-( quote: 7). (Source!)

Animals lived a better life

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:33 UTC

Ramiro tells Eire that the animals he used to live with had a better life than people right now which explains that things got worse over time and as today they are getting worse. "You know, when I was a little boy, living in this house, the animals had a nicer life than we did." I begin to understand the whole migration deal, the search for greener and warmer pastures in the Caribbean" (p: 81)-( Quote:8).

I live in a void

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:36 UTC

The way Eire explains he is all alone, and is just off by himself is like being in a void and abandoned all by himself with no one there to think about him, care about him, or even be there with him. The explanation of him being in void and abandon sets us off with a good example of how he feels without any parents. "Much as I hated to admit, though, sometimes kept my life from being perfect. It was something totally irrational: that feeling I'd first experienced on my first morning at the camp in Florida City. The feeling to be utterly alone and abandoned forever, of being stuck with no one but myself for eternity. The Void" (p: 91) -(Quote: 9).

What are all these questions?

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:39 UTC

As we all know, Eire is not an American so he gets asked a lot of questions even weird ones where they ask "What was it like to wear shoes for the first time when you go to America?" "You had toilet in Cuba? Television? Hospital? Cars? Pants?" "What's it like to ride on donkeys all the time?" "How'd you learn to read so quickly, if you just got here?" (p:99-100)-( Quote:10). These questions all tell us that having someone from another country can be very interesting to Americans on the things you could do back in your country.

In Cuba we have Christmas no matter what

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:42 UTC

In Cuba no matter what circumstances Christmas never failed to make someone happy or even be canceled because Christmas is as we all know is a big role to the Christians, and especially that he lives in an American house so now he actually gets to feel the Christmas spirit and have a Christmas tree, and light, and presents, and have time with his family. (Source!)

I stopped thinking about them

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:45 UTC

Eire has got over the fact that he has parents back in Cuba ever since he got adopted from an American family, and he also doesn't care much about them because of the fact that they left him, and made him feel abandon and lonely so he made up his mind to just forget about them even though it could be hard to forget about the mother that brought you and had hard times.

Spartacus the movie

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:47 UTC

Eire has always had interest in the movie Spartacus, and not only did he like the movie Spartacus but the whole Palace Ricardo were also interested with that film, though it was a while until it finally came out because it was about the revolution so they thought they couldn't put it up because of the police, but then it came out when the revolution failed.

Making money

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:50 UTC

Eire and his friend Tony got an idea of selling Cuban magazines to people from door-to-door, knocking and knocking, ringing and ringing, going Zig-Zag to find someone that would at least buy the magazines from them to make money so they can get money to buy their own food and drinks and to also live their own life. (Source!)

"Once a refugee always a refugee"

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:53 UTC

Eire was laughing so hard to the point where he knew he never laughed like this or even this much which makes him a happy man because I mean like who isn't happy when they laugh. Eire said that he wasn't even on something to be laughing so hard and that he would never be on something because he said "Once a refugee always a refugee" and he will never break that rule due to anything that would ever happen in his life.

We found a house

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:55 UTC

As we know Tony and Eire were selling Cuban magazines to save up money to get a house so they can have somewhere to live, and now that they have the money they finally found a house that they said looks beautiful even tho it doesn't matter because as long as they have somewhere to live they will be good.

My new friend

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:08:58 UTC

Eire found a new best friend just right when he met him because of how nice he was, and the kind face he had on his face which made Eire feel so good to be around him, and his new friends name is Gary which is a really nice name and matches for a guy that would be nice.

My house is full

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:09:01 UTC

Eire lives in a house that has a lot of people which makes it very irritating for him, and especially that they don't go anywhere, and they don't have a car which explains why they're always in the house. This also shows us that Eire doesn't live in a void where he feels lonely because now he at least has people with him, but a little too much.

"where's the boundary between pain and ecstasy?"

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:09:04 UTC

Eire is giving pain advice by saying things like absences can feel good because it's a symptom of love or where is the boundary between pain and ecstasy, and stuff like that and just by him saying this you could tell that he is giving pain and love advise and the absence of pain feels great.

It's Easter and they'res snow?

altamfar000 — 2024-03-13 17:09:06 UTC

Eire came out of church and when he came out he saw snow which made everyone angry and considered so they started complaining about it, and this made him feel like he was in the void again, and he also mentions that it (void) keeps coming and going. (Source!)

Outside Source:

altamfar000 — 2024-04-02 16:26:00 UTC

This is Carlos Eire

Outside source:

altamfar000 — 2024-04-02 16:27:22 UTC

My Parents are religious

Outside Source:

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We have Christmas no matter what!

Outside Source:

altamfar000 — 2024-04-02 16:29:06 UTC

Making money- Zig-zag

Outside Source:

altamfar000 — 2024-04-02 16:29:58 UTC

It's Easter and they'res snow?