Drown was originally published in 1996, written by Junot Diaz. Drown is a collection of ten short stories, and some of these stories published in literary magazines and other venues previously. Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Diaz, reveals how the poor immigrant Dominican like junkies, single mother households, and hearbreak try to adjust to the changes and make a life in the US. Most of them left their families in the Dominican Republic.
Many of the stories are not just simple and obvious as the description. The truth, darkness of human nature, racial problems and even gender discrimination are hidden behind the surface of these stories.
Although Junot Diaz’s ‘Drown’ is a collection of shorts stories that seemingly describes some general …show more content…
She didn't want to hear about our problems, the scratches we'd put onto our knees, who said what. She sat on the back patio with her eyes closed and let the bugs bite mountains onto her arms and legs." He cannot forget his single mother’s fatigue appearance.
Yunior’s single mother has not fared well. The story appears to just describe how a poor single-parent familiy maintain their livelihood; however, it also reflects the condemnation of the unfair treatment of women in the society.
The stereotypes of women that the most general fictions brought to the readers are asexual, mammy, dowdy and overweight. They can only rely on men. When men abandon them, they have nothing left. That is extremely unfair for female. In collection ‘Drown’, Yunior’s single mother tries to do a lot of works to raise him and his brother. There is no doubt that his single mother is fatigue and helpless. It also makes him become timid and introverted. In Chapter 8 “How to date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl or Halfie”, Yunior tries to figure out where he belongs. He is a lonely child with a helpless heart, and his childhood is not happy. Perhaps because of his father's influence affair, or his single mother, Yunior habitually closes heart for everyone. He is a poor lonely is eager to be
Many of the stories are not just simple and obvious as the description. The truth, darkness of human nature, racial problems and even gender discrimination are hidden behind the surface of these stories.
Although Junot Diaz’s ‘Drown’ is a collection of shorts stories that seemingly describes some general …show more content…
She didn't want to hear about our problems, the scratches we'd put onto our knees, who said what. She sat on the back patio with her eyes closed and let the bugs bite mountains onto her arms and legs." He cannot forget his single mother’s fatigue appearance.
Yunior’s single mother has not fared well. The story appears to just describe how a poor single-parent familiy maintain their livelihood; however, it also reflects the condemnation of the unfair treatment of women in the society.
The stereotypes of women that the most general fictions brought to the readers are asexual, mammy, dowdy and overweight. They can only rely on men. When men abandon them, they have nothing left. That is extremely unfair for female. In collection ‘Drown’, Yunior’s single mother tries to do a lot of works to raise him and his brother. There is no doubt that his single mother is fatigue and helpless. It also makes him become timid and introverted. In Chapter 8 “How to date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl or Halfie”, Yunior tries to figure out where he belongs. He is a lonely child with a helpless heart, and his childhood is not happy. Perhaps because of his father's influence affair, or his single mother, Yunior habitually closes heart for everyone. He is a poor lonely is eager to be