90 Miles To Havana Summary

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In the book 90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis one big conflict is man vs. Society. The problem is that Julian and his brothers arrive at camp Kendal, and this guy Caballo was a bully at Gordo’s school. He is there at the camp, and he is already bullying Julian and his brothers. He decides that since everybody listens to him he will just turn the whole camp on them. It is now Man vs. Society. That means the three plus Pepe and Angeleta against the entire camp. The priest does not even know because he thinks that Caballo is great, but the priest thought wrong. What Julian is learning is that there are going to be not nice people wherever you go. Whether it is in another town, city, state, or country not everyone is nice. It is just

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