Character Analysis: A Cafecito Story

A Cafecito Story is a story of love, coffee, and hope. Based on Miguel and Carmen’s small coffee farm in their native Dominican Republic, A Cafecito Story shows how the return to the traditional methods of shade-grown coffee can rejuvenate and fix up the landscape and human culture. In Central America, coffee is the second most important export after oil. A Cafecito Story tells the story of an important beverage that brings nations together and unites people in trade. The story starts out from Joe’s perspective, Joe is a man who has always dreamt of following his father’s footsteps as a farmer. He takes a vacation to the Dominican Republic and learns about how coffee is grown and traded from Miguel, who owns a small coffee farm in the Dominican Republic. Joe begins to …show more content…
He has a strong interest in farming, and his dream has always been to become a farmer. He learns how coffee is produced and traded when he visits Miguel’s farm. Miguel owns the coffee farm and he is supportive of his wife, children, and has treated Joe like family. Carmen is Miguel’s wife; she will always cook food for Miguel and the children and will occasionally help on the farm as well. Miguel and Carmen’s children spend their summer days helping Miguel and Joe on the farm. Miguel has raised his kids to become very successful. He teaches them the value of hard work out on the farm and also teaches them how to read at a very young age. A Cafecito Story begins in Nebraska where Joe grows up. The farms of Nebraska were being taken away to build cities. The setting switched to the Dominican Republic when Joe took a vacation there and met Miguel’s family, learned how coffee is produced, and enjoyed the nice weather and culture of the Dominican Republic. Then, Joe flew back to Nebraska to visit. He went to a local coffee shop there and told the lady serving the coffee that it was terrible. He brought in coffee beans from the farm and let the coffee shop keep