The Historical Figure of Fide; Castro and His Biography

The autobiography of Fidel Castro, is set in Cuba where Castro is currently still rising as a political leader in Cuba. During this time period of 1940’s, he was still developing his leadership style as he wasn’t sure how the public would react to him as the new dictator of Cuba. Due to the fact that Castro had overthrown their old leader Batista, Castro was trying to carefully build his campaign at this time by focusing on what Cuba needed, literacy rates, education and welfare. Throughout this autobiography, Castro displays his life as a Social Constructionism when it came to his role in socialization throughout his community. As social constructionist is someone who examines the development of many understandings and problem throughout the world and they make decisions based off of the coordination of others within their society and not just what they believe is right individually.

Castro’s social class was high, because not only was he a political leader but he was a dictator on top of that meaning he ran an entire country by himself, making him an extremely powerful man. His culture started out as a poor one, due to the fact that his father worked on a farm and his mother was a maid but eventually, his father would become the owner of the farm and gain enough money to send him to catholic boarding schools in order for him to get his education. While Castro was at school, he gained insight on the Catholic religion and followed it ever since. Castro shared that while growing up, he faced class inequalities because his family started out poor and that often people didn’t give him the chance that he felt he deserved. He felt as if he was always being doubted because of his families’ social class.

When Fidel Castro decided that he was going to join the world of politics, he shared that he had no idea how big he was going to become. However, while he was going down this road he realized that his family and friends didn’t quite understand why he was taking this path. Castro said that while he didn’t exactly have intentions on becoming a dictator, that he felt like the United States pushed him to do so to ensure that himself as well as his country would be safe. Along with that, he shares about how he went through many failures before he would reach his revolution; the role models that he had along the way (especially Che Guevara) and how he over ran Batista; the Cuban perspective on the Bay of Pigs and the ensuing missile crisis; the active role of Cuba in African independence movements; his dealings with no fewer than ten successive American presidents, from Eisenhower to George W. Bush; and a number of thorny issues, including human rights, the treatment of homosexuals, and the use of the death penalty in Cuba.

In conclusion, “My Life: A Spoken Autobiography” successfully depicts the life of Fidel Castro as he is exploring his new life as the political leader of Cuba, and sharing the story of how he got to the position that he was at during this time of his life.