This Is How You Lose Her Analysis

The books, “This Is How You Lose Her” by Junot Diaz, and “Ten Little Indians” by Sherman Alexie illustrate certain narratives that minority groups in the United States are exposed to on a daily basis. Diaz, “This Is How You Lose Her”, is the collection of stories of people coming from the Dominican Republic and also of people who live in the United Sates but have a Dominican background. The book is primarily deals with Yunior; a young hardhead who’s yearning for love is only equaled by his recklessness. While “Ten Little Indains” by Sherman Alexie is a collection of nine short that deals with the many aspects of contemporary American life as experienced by Native Americans. Both of These books share similarities in the way in which minority’s groups are portrayed. Running throughout both of these stories is the central issue of self-esteem. Both books run through the ways in which minority groups are forced to fit in and become familiar with American customs. Even while these books are written through the lenses of two different race; they offer similar insights as to what effect being non-American has led to self-esteem. Also, both of these books illustrate the ways in which self-esteem issues affect can natively affect the familial and romantic
Diaz’s “ This Is How You Lose her” explores the ways in which Yunior in negatively effected by living up to be the man that his race demands him to be; while “Ten Little Indians: explores how being native American and having to live in a American mainstream culture as both negatively and positively effected characters in the book. Both books effect that race, gender, and socioeconomic status have on self-esteem. In addition, both books explore the effects that self-esteem can have on a person’s familial and romantic