similarities in the experiences of non-heterosexual individuals. In this paper‚ I will be analyzing the concept of the gaze in the context of a homosexual male’s objectifying view of another man through a close-read of Junot Diaz’s short story “Drown.” Throughout the story of “Drown‚” Diaz demonstrates a unique portrayal of the male gaze by having the male narrator experience fearful and detached responses following his recognition that he is the object of companion Beto’s
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How to date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl‚ or Halfie In the society‚ people can find different stereotypes and prejudices that Junot Diaz wanted to reflect in the story title as “How to date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl‚ or Halfie. Discrimination and racism occur in all part of the world. The different skin color or system of life‚ or religion believes are points to people evaluated to judge the humanity. In the story‚ the author used problems with skin color and several social classes
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In his historical novel‚ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ Junot Diaz illuminates the dysfunctionality of the hyper-sexualized culture of the Dominican Republic through the juxtaposition of the fukú‚ or curse‚ the fictional legacy of the deLeon family‚ and the historical oppressive regime of Rafael Trujillo. As the hostile dictator of the Dominican Republic for 31 years‚ Trujillo’s embodiment of a masculinity characterized by terror‚ abuse‚ and the objectification of women‚ develops into the
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Violence has been present in the Dominican Republic for many years‚ now. It has become a power that can either be used by people in order to protect themselves or for other illegal reasons such as committing a murder. In Junot Díaz’s novel‚ The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao‚ the theme of violence is portrayed throughout the story as they are under the rule of a dictator in every generation and physical and emotional abuse are present‚ as well. Those living in the Dominican Republic strongly believe
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education and no face How could two very different people have the same struggles? Victor and no face both live in different countries and have different problems but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t the same in some ways. No face from No face by Junot Diaz has a medical problem‚ and victor from Indian education by Sherman Alexie has race problem. Victor is an Indian boy that struggles with unworthy schooling life and dealing with racism. No face is a dominican boy that struggles with lack of schooling
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Amy Tan wrote a story about her childhood called‚ “Mother Tongue.” The definition that I found for code-switching is the alternate use of two or more languages or varieties of languages‚ especially within the same discourage. As a matter of fact‚ Junot Diaz also wrote his story about his experiences during his school years at the University. He titled his story as “MFA vs. Poc.” His story is more relative to code-meshing. The definition of code-meshing is the language blending‚ it refers to the concurrent
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Analysis of Motifs‚ Symbols‚ and Themes Motif 1. Geek Culture The novel repeatedly uses characters from fantasy and sci-fi fiction. Sometimes‚ these characters are used to represent the characters in the novel. Junot Diaz is proud of being a comic book lover‚ and he often incorporates these “nerdy” materials to his works. The character of Oscar‚ and even Yunior‚ is an avid fan of geek culture. Throughout the novel‚ we see Oscar playing role-playing games‚ watching animes‚ and writing his own
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How to Date a Brown Girl The short story is called: “How to date a brown girl.” And it is published in 1997 by Junot Díaz. The writer of this short story wants to tell us about the differences between the human races. He is telling us about what you can expect from‚ for example‚ dating a black girl or a white girl. He got this recipe for how to date the girls. For example if you are dating a halfie you can expect that she would talk a lot about how her parents ended up together. You may also have
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The need to impress in “A&P” and “How to date a brown girl (black girl‚ white girl‚ or hafie)” The narrators in “A&P” and “How to date a brown girl (black girl‚ white girl‚ or hafie)” both feel the need to impress the opposite sex. In “A & P‚” Sammy tries to impress Queenie and her friends by being the “hero‚” whereas in “How to date a brown girl (black girl‚ white girl‚ or hafie)” Yunior tries to impress the girls he dates by hiding who he really is but both of the narrator’s desire to
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“Fiesta 1980” and “Daddy” Both poems are about memories of the relationship with their father. However‚ the experiences are very different. The children presented in “Fiesta 1980” by Junot Diaz and “Daddy” by Silvia Plath suffers an internal struggle because of their fathers. In “Fiesta 1980” there is a chance to improve the relationship where as in “Daddy” there is no hope because the father is dead. In “Fiesta 1980” we can tell the story is told in the first person by and adolescent Latino
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