An immigrant’s identity in America is an overwhelming concern today. In “Drown” a book of short stories by Junot Diaz‚ a family of immigrants from the Dominican Republic makes America their second home. Throughout the story‚ Yunior’s family struggles with social discrimination in both America and Dominican Republic. Yunior’s family moves to New Jersey‚ where there is a variety of ethnic diversity. In the final chapter‚ Yunior reveals the story behind his father’s chance to journey into America.
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Drown‚ written by Junot Diaz‚ is a collection of ten short stories that explores the struggle of Dominican Republic immigrants in the United States to achieve the American Dream. In Drown‚ the character Yunior struggles to negotiate the differences between the Dominican and American cultures. In order to illustrate this constant struggle‚ Junot Diaz uses Spanish words amidst his English to show how the cultural dissimilarities between America and the Dominican Republic marginalizes those who do
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Luis R. Ramos English Comp 2 Prof. Marion Stewart Titus September 21st‚ 2012 Aguantando By Junot Diaz “Aguantando” means holding on. In the very first paragraph we see how important it is for the narrator‚ Yunior‚ to hold on to his father’s memory. Yunior lives with his mother (Mami)‚ grandfather (Abuelo) and brother (Rafa). They live in a house where anything of value‚ including furniture‚ food‚ clothing and even Mami’s Bible is stained from a leaky roof. As a Hispanic male‚
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Yunior In the story “Fiesta” by Junot Diaz‚ Yunior is the protagonist. His actions and dialogue given by Diaz is what makes Yunior such a round character. A round character is a character that the writer provides so much information about that it is almost as if we know the character as a real person. Through Diaz’s description we learn so much about Yunior that it is almost as if he has come to life through the words written on the page‚ and he has become a real person. Yunior wants to have
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Topic: Drown‚ chapter 3 This chapter of the book Drown‚ written by Junot Diaz is called Aurora. This is where the narrator tells the story of his encounters with sex and drugs. He sells drugs on the streets to children and elderly people only‚ because he believes that by doing this it would save their business from unwanted trouble and the Police. He wanted to incorporate the drug business to make it bigger but his friend persuaded him not to expand because according to him it works better for
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Junot Diaz was born in Santo Domingo‚ Dominican Republic. He and his family immigrate to New Jersey while he was seven years old. He is a big fan of reading‚ often walking four miles in order to borrow books from the public library. He graduated from Rutgers University as majoring in English. He has creative and simple writing skills‚ even though English is my second language‚ I can still understand his writing easily. He started writing books after he graduated college. Fiesta is one of his
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People are sometimes hesitant and sometimes it can be painful to be courageous‚ but it’s the right thing to do all the time. In “The Terror” by Junot Diaz‚ Junot Diaz’s story is about the narrator being an immigrant boy and going through terrible bullying and the narrator’s brother being sick. moreover how the narrator got through all the troubles and facing the narrator facing his own fear‚ but he was courageous.in case of how the narrator was getting bullied is when the whole school started to
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At the start of the section‚ in the preface‚ we are introduced to a curse called “fuku” which is a curse which was unleashed on the world after the arrivals of Europeans on Hispaniola. It is specifically the curse and doom of the new world. This was brought on by Christopher Columbus who was also known as “the admiral’. He was later believed to have died from that curse. We are also introduced to the character of Oscar. Oscar is the main focus of the first three parts of section one. In the first
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I enjoyed this story and actually look forward to reading more works from Junot Diaz. It was interesting to read and follow the transformation that Lola undergoes throughout the story. She is a strong young woman who somehow seems to keep her dreams and desires alive while facing a very hostile childhood. In the beginning‚ Lola is a subservient child living under a very dominant old-world Dominican mother. She did all the right things that were expected from a Dominican hija; she cleaned‚ cooked
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Before Junot Diaz received acclaim for “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚” he was better known in fiction circles for his short stories about immigrants and the American dream. In “Fiesta‚ 1980‚” Diaz writes about the struggles of an immigrant family as they wake up from a nightmare in Santo Domingo only to find themselves in another nightmare‚ except this time it’s in America. Diaz’s characters assimilate to an American way of life with changes in appearance and language. A young Yunior and
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