Drown By Diaz Summary

Originally, his named is Thieu. He said, “It not an uncommon name in my homeland and my mother gave to me. But here in Lake Charles Louisiana, I am Ted. As most foreigner living in the United States have had such issues. Where they have to settle for a name that people felt comfortable with. Like a friend of mind, she was pronounce Dada but being here everyone calls her Delia and she love it. Despite the named he dealt with at work, he also tried to maintain the family tradition into his young son who born here in Louisiana. He worried that as his son start to speak the others in here in Louisiana. His son is ten and some mornings when he leave for school, he always says “Have a good day, y’all.” To maintain their family traditions, he sometimes …show more content…
Their struggles to adjust to the life in the United States, especially a fast moving state like New York, the Bronx. The Bronx being largely populated by Latinos immigrants, he allow reader to truly feel the essence of how these people celebrate their family through thick and thin. The two stories from Drown that captivated what the author rendered was Ysrael and Fiesta. The rawness the author showcase makes the characters come to life. From the bonding of their family to the means of providing for the family on a daily basis. To illustrate, how this family live as they settle in the United States. Life in the United States didn’t change that much, as they always incorporated Spanish into their conversation. This manly happened when they are home with their parents. Now why do you think their parents always spoke Spanish to their when they are all together? This is to keep their family heritage and they do not want their kids growing up and becoming too Americanize. Unlike other immigrants, their kids had lost their traditions and constantly speaking Spanish, they carried on their tradition from generation to generation. According, Rafa’s little brother, he said, “Mami shipped him and Rafa out to the campo every summer.” The reason why she would do such thing is because she want to be able to work the long hours in other to maintain deceit home for their family. Another, will be to maintain or have those kids knowing or valuing their cultural. It was as rural part of Santo Domingo, where there is no electricity or television to see. They get to experience the cultural and knowing their