Junot Díaz

We have all heard at least a street word like Junot Diaz used. Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and emigrated to the US just being a child when he grew up in New Jersey to be more specific. Since then it was a challenge for him to face a new language.His struggle with English made him cling in reading, and he later became a writer. Graduated from Rutgers University Some of his works such as, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, The Sun, The Moon, The Stars, how to lose her,” and…

Diaz also analyses what the reader should expect in terms of the girl’s behavior depending on her race or social class. For example, he states, “a local girl may have hips and a thick ass but she won’t be quick about letting you touch.” By doing this he…

Leon is one of the authors who gives great insight in the geographical sense, new species new names etc. However, he also gives a good explanation of the Incan culture and belief. While Diaz mentioned that one way of torturing Montezuma was by bringing him in front of the people who were being burned the same pattern repeats itself in the Incan empire. When Atahualpa was killed by the Spanish conquerors, the latter tried to avoid burning him in fear of causing more problems in the society: “And…

gender are still major problems in society, and not a lot is being done to discuss these problems. When thinking about some these bigger problems, one that doesn 't get much exposure, at least as much as it should is Race. In the reading “The Money” Junot Diaz, the author goes into some of his personal experiences while being a different race while in the workforce. “My father was always losing…

wildly and causing many things to be unpredictable. The warming and cooling cycles have been thrown off by an array of factors like CO2 concentration, loss of arctic ice sheets, and the use of resources like fossil fuels, trees, and water. Authors Junot Diaz and Toiya Finley are very cognizant of these arising issues and have both penned numerous futuristic tales that outline some of the reasonable consequences that could…

Junot Diaz’s Stories Reader Responses #2 “Drown” The narrator, presumably Yunior based on the other stories, recounts his past and present experiences with his family and especially his best friend, Beto who left to go to college. Beto and the narrator were great friends, but often did illegal acts together such as shoplifting or watching obscene videos in a ghetto neighborhood. One particular incident was when Beto reached inside the narrator’s shorts and suggests that Beto and possibly the…

The narrative voice of Junot Diaz "Drown" depicts on how the protagonist has a collective amount of strained relationships who are physically and mentally drowning him. Having no father, to selling illegal substances in order to help his mother pay the phone and cable bill to address his engagement of homosexual activities with his former best friend Beto. The argument the protagonist illustrates indicates how it's preventing him from achieving success. The antagonist (Beto) distinguished…

Edwidge Danticat, Julia Alvarez and Junot Diaz are great writers that have guided me. They allowed me to relate my history to the worlds History. It’s their work that helped shape who I am today. They made me continue my education and hope to someday educate others as well. I learned about Rigoberta Menchu a K 'iche ' native who stood up for her rights and others in Guatemala. She became the voice for indigenous Guatemalans against the awful corporations that invaded her land. Also I learned…

driving in his father’s new VW van. Yunior in the middle of the story recounts to us information about an affair that his father is having with a Puerto Rican, “I met the Puerto Rican women right after Papi had gotten the van.”(155) Using flashback Diaz is able to create for us a picture of how the father’s actions are having detrimental effects on his entire…

superior to another race or races.” In this story, Diaz conveys different characteristics and stereotypes toward brown girls, black girls, white girls, and halfies. In the Story, “How to date a browngirl (blackgirl, whitegirl, or halfie)” Junot Diaz tells the reader how to date a girl based on her race, class, and stereotype. Diaz gives instructions on what to do and what she’ll say on the date particularly on what society says about her. Diaz stereotypes different girls in the story based on…