A Literary Analysis Of Fiesta, 1980 By Junot Diaz
A Literary Analysis On
“Fiesta, 1980” by Junot Diaz
Amanda Nicol
Galen College of Nursing
Analysis on
“Fiesta, 1980” Junot Diaz’s “Fiesta, 1980” presents a story of a teenage Latin boy named Yunior, who re-counts the stories of his dysfunctional family of immigrants from the Dominican Republic who are all attending a private party in the Bronx, New York City. Yunior is the middle teenage son of Papi and Mami, second to his brother Rafa and older than his sister Madai, who suffers from recurring motion sickness during road trips in his father’s brand new, lime green, Volkswagen van. At the very beginning, as Papi arrives home from “work” (later assumed to be his second girlfriend’s house, the Puerto Rican) to leave for their party, Yunior states “If Papi had …show more content…
The evidence to confirm some sort of anxiety disorder in Yunior in response to this type of negative treatment from his father is prevalent from the start, as we are exposed to Papi’s commanding personality. Parental psychological and physical abuse leads to a multitude of anxiety disorders in children and affects an estimated “8-10 of every 100 children and adolescents.” (Rizvi, Najma, 2014). In this short story, the author first presents us with a complex main character who, at a rather young age, is already displaying a wide variety of psychological disorders due to parental (primarily father) abuse. In a closer analysis of this main character, the most prevalent of disorders would include phobia (of his father as well as their family road trips in the van), generalized anxiety disorder
“Fiesta, 1980” by Junot Diaz
Amanda Nicol
Galen College of Nursing
Analysis on
“Fiesta, 1980” Junot Diaz’s “Fiesta, 1980” presents a story of a teenage Latin boy named Yunior, who re-counts the stories of his dysfunctional family of immigrants from the Dominican Republic who are all attending a private party in the Bronx, New York City. Yunior is the middle teenage son of Papi and Mami, second to his brother Rafa and older than his sister Madai, who suffers from recurring motion sickness during road trips in his father’s brand new, lime green, Volkswagen van. At the very beginning, as Papi arrives home from “work” (later assumed to be his second girlfriend’s house, the Puerto Rican) to leave for their party, Yunior states “If Papi had …show more content…
The evidence to confirm some sort of anxiety disorder in Yunior in response to this type of negative treatment from his father is prevalent from the start, as we are exposed to Papi’s commanding personality. Parental psychological and physical abuse leads to a multitude of anxiety disorders in children and affects an estimated “8-10 of every 100 children and adolescents.” (Rizvi, Najma, 2014). In this short story, the author first presents us with a complex main character who, at a rather young age, is already displaying a wide variety of psychological disorders due to parental (primarily father) abuse. In a closer analysis of this main character, the most prevalent of disorders would include phobia (of his father as well as their family road trips in the van), generalized anxiety disorder