Junot Diaz's Drown Dorothy

In America, race and sexuality are two identities of individuals that are influenced by societal structures such as family, religion, education, politics, and economics. Unfortunately, racism and sexism are two major problems that have existed in America for centuries. Some individuals would argue that the high volumes of culture in America, enables race and sexuality to have various perspectives. Some people would also argue that as immigrants immigrate to the States to pursue the illusion of the American Dream, their culture is lost, others cultures are accepted, and/or both cultures are diffused. In this essay, I will analyze Dorothy Stringer’s, Passing and the state in Junot Diaz’s “Drown”, to determine whether or not Junot Diaz’s “Drown” is a discussion of passing that spans racial and sexual identities (Stringer, 1). Secondly, I will discuss the validity of Dorothy Stringer’s argument …show more content…
Lastly, I will conclude by supporting or disclaiming Stringer’s argument with my own perspective of Junot Diaz’s “Drown”.
In abstract, Junot Diaz is a Dominican author, who uses his short story “Drown” to express his personal experience as a Dominican Republic immigrant in the United States who intends to assimilate into American culture. In this collection of short stories, Diaz establishes a theoretical dilemma for Yunior, a Dominican immigrant, who is pursuing the American Dream. The theoretical dilemma magnifies poverty, citizenship, and sexuality as a few of the problems of a Dominican immigrant assimilating into American culture. Diaz discusses various societal structures that are altered over a lifespan of growing up as an immigrant in the