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Gerardo is Cuban and the neighbor of Luis and Enrique. He has come to visit Luis, one of his few remaining friends in the neighborhood. He is saddened that everyone he knows has fled Cuba, and he feels lonely. Gerardo has often also thought of leaving Cuba, but knows that he would feel like a stranger in another country. He wonders if Luis will follow his family, but Luis is fearful of the unknown. Gerardo details his emotional ties to Cuba and acknowledges that, as hard as life is under a
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START: GERARDO: Patria o Muerte.
LUIS mumbles
GERARDO: Luis, everyone I knew is gone.Everyone but you.
LUIS: Hmmm. Yes, Gerardo 鈥� Most of the ones close to me are gone too 鈥�
GERARDO: You may be leaving too.
LUIS: I don鈥檛 know, Gerardo. For some, it鈥檚 harder to leave. Francisquita left. All my brothers and sisters left. Cousins, uncles, nephews.
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END: GERARDO: 鈥� I saw them grow. I knew their parents, grandparents, and their problems. And I went to their birthday parties. And if I leave, I would be among strangers all the time. And even if they are nice to me, I would not know who they are.
Maria Irene Fornes. Letters from Cuba and Other Plays. PAJ Publications, 2007. pp.29-30
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