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Ysrael by Junot Diaz in Down is where we first encounter the two brothers Rafa twelve and Yunior nine. The story begins with boys who are from the Santo Domingo being sent to Ocoa for the summer to stay with their uncle and aunt. Being that they are from the city they find themselves trying to keep busy in a small town despite not having some of the finer things they are accustomed. Through the adventures in the town they discover the existence of Ysrael, a boy who had his face eat by a pig as an infant. The accident left Ysrael horribly disfigured. Needless to say as young mischievous boys the trot through the town to locate Ysrael to expose his disfigurement. “It exploded, the thick bottom spinning away like the crazed eyeglass and I said,
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