summarize pages 129-135

In this section, Josef is still in the Atlantic headed towards Cuba, however he is now “14 days from home” (129). The ship is a day away from Cuba and they throw a party. The stewards smile but Josef thinks how they could not understand until “their shop windows had been smashed and their businesses had been shut down” (129). The next day the anchors come down, but they are still kilometers from shore. Another passenger tells Josef they are checking them all for the medical quarantine. When they all line up in the dining hall, Josef’s father panics, and this makes him worry they will not let them inside Cuba if he is mentally unfit. Josef slaps his father hard and tells him if he does not do as he says the Nazis will send him back. His father snaps to attention, “like a prisoner” (134). The doctor passes over them, but they realize it was a sham as it was not a regular medical inspection. They ask the police when they will be let into Cuba and the policeman says “manana” (135). Another passenger explains that means tomorrow.