Carlos Eire Project

I learned many things when we went to go see Dr. Eire on Wednesday at the Saroyan Theater. I had many connections with Carlos like we have a friend named Abel who was in the same situation as Carlos but he has a little different of a story. For example, Abel grew up in Cuba but his sister told her teacher that her parents had been speaking badly about the government, so his parents were not allowed to stay with their children anymore and they were put in prison. Abel and his sister were flown on an airplane to the U.S. and grew up here for the rest of their lives. Finally, Abel’s mother snuck out of prison because she needed to see her children again. She flew to America and found Abel and stayed with him until she could find a job. Sadly, when his father was trying to reunite with his family again, guards killed him. Abel never saw his father again. After, his mother moved to Los Angeles, Abel moved to Fresno and met his wife Meg. They have had three kids. About, eight years ago Abel found his sister and went to go see her. He asked her many questions like, “Why would you do that to our parents?” but she couldn’t answer. Going to see Carlos Eire’s talk really opened my eyes to hear more stories about Pedro Pan.