Yunior’s father’s characteristic of greediness develops in Yunior and leads him to steal later in life. After Yunior’s father leaves for the United States, he prioritizes money over his family. Yunior’s father clarifies his priorities when he describes how he “dreamed instead of gold coins” and “a spacious house with caged tropical birds” (Negosios, pg. 169 and 202). His dreams illustrate his greediness. Additionally, when Yunior’s father experiences this dream he is alone in a new country with neither money nor a family, so his greediness symbolizes unhappiness and discontent with his current situation. This unhappiness due to discontent, represented by greed, also appears in Yunior. Yunior reveals this trait when he says, “I slouch behind
