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    I enjoyed this story and actually look forward to reading more works from Junot Diaz. It was interesting to read and follow the transformation that Lola undergoes throughout the story. She is a strong young woman who somehow seems to keep her dreams and desires alive while facing a very hostile childhood. In the beginning‚ Lola is a subservient child living under a very dominant old-world Dominican mother. She did all the right things that were expected from a Dominican hija; she cleaned‚ cooked

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    Before Junot Diaz received acclaim for “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚” he was better known in fiction circles for his short stories about immigrants and the American dream. In “Fiesta‚ 1980‚” Diaz writes about the struggles of an immigrant family as they wake up from a nightmare in Santo Domingo only to find themselves in another nightmare‚ except this time it’s in America. Diaz’s characters assimilate to an American way of life with changes in appearance and language. A young Yunior and

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    A Literary Analysis On “Fiesta‚ 1980” by Junot Diaz Amanda Nicol Galen College of Nursing Analysis on “Fiesta‚ 1980” Junot Diaz’s “Fiesta‚ 1980” presents a story of a teenage Latin boy named Yunior‚ who re-counts the stories of his dysfunctional family of immigrants from the Dominican Republic who are all attending a private party in the Bronx‚ New York City. Yunior is the middle teenage son of Papi and Mami‚ second to his brother Rafa and older than his sister Madai‚ who suffers from recurring

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    The story of immigrant struggles is the major theme in Drown by Junot Diaz. Every immigrant has a personal story‚ pains and joys‚ fears and victories. This book captures the fury and alienation of the Dominican immigrant experience very well. Drown brings out the conflicts‚ yearnings‚ and frustrations that have been a part of immigrant life for centuries. In each of his stories‚ Diaz uses a first-person narrator who is observing others. Boys and young drug dealers narrate eight of these tales. Their

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    The story "Drown" sets in the summer time in New Jersey. Diaz and his friend Beto are raging‚ out of control‚ in their neighborhood known as the ghetto. They" stole‚ broke windows...pissed on peoples steps and then challenged them to come out and stop us." While Diaz has another year of high school‚ Beto for college on the other hand is leaving for college at the end of the summer. Diaz has several recurring feelings such as‚ suffocation‚ problems defining his masculinity‚ and being trapped‚ problem

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    Drown "The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you."(Diaz) Drown; a compilation of short stories‚ by Junot Diaz portrays the integration of fiction and truth. Yunior‚ narrator‚ as he tells his stories‚ he exaggerates and jumps from one period of his life to another. The characters of the story can relate to many young adults. Their experiences and the journeys of their lives are what most Hispanic teenagers go through. The 10 different stories

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    The Oedipal Conflict in Junot Díaz‚ “Fiesta‚ 1980” As children grow up in a dysfunctional family‚ they experience trauma and pain from their parent’s actions‚ words‚ and attitudes. With this trauma experienced‚ they grew up changed; different from other children. The parent’s behavior affects them and whether they like it or not‚ sometimes it can influence them‚ and they can react against it or can repeat it. In Junot Díaz’s “Fiesta‚ 1980”‚ is presented this theme of the dysfunctional family

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    In the book Drown by Junot Diaz has expressed a persons experience and environment impacts them in a negative ways. Even the ones that help eachother throughout the way could also affect one in a negative way.It will make one do things one might not want to do and doesnt notice because their in a type of mood. They don ’t realize what their decisions are taking them the right path taking challenges and overcoming them or go the wrong path to life trying to make things easy for you which means doing

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    Fiesta 1980‚ written by Junot Diaz‚ is about a Hispanic family that lives in New York. Their relatives‚ tío (uncle) Miguel and tía(aunt) Yrma‚ just moved from the Dominican Republic to the United states and therefore they are throwing their aunt and uncle a party. There is much representation on how the Hispanic people really live embedded within this short story. Such as the different roles of each family member‚ the extreme since of loyalty‚ actions that benefit everyone‚ and the different ways

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    No Face‚ No Gain In his short story “No Face”‚ Diaz explores how a man’s mental growth is stunted by his community’s perpetual scrutiny of him for reasons beyond his control. One’s superego represents societal ideals as seen by an individual and while No Face aspires to one day achieves his‚ he has been told since infantry that he will not before his face is restored. This story’s theme is that without the opportunity to satisfy the superego through societal fulfillment; a person may become supremely

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