6/8/2023 0 Comments Ysrael junot diaz![]() Rafa is a rebellious teenager who wants to cause trouble and provocation. "Ysrael," the first story, chronicles Yunior and his brother Rafa's early childhood living in Santo Domingo over summer vacation. Readers have to figure out how Ysrael relates to other stories of self-expression and economic entrapment while also navigating Diaz's political agenda(s) in the collection. ![]() Diaz seems to make this character the heart of the book because he opens with Ysrael and returns to him before closing. ![]() Further, these narratives focus not on Yunior or members of his family, but on Ysrael, a deformed Dominican teenager. These two stories describe a different type of poverty and life than in other parts of the book. ![]() However, the collection has two somewhat anomalous pieces: "Ysrael" and its companion "No Face," which are set in the Dominican Republic. The majority of the text focuses on life in New York City and its suburbs. In his collection Drown Junot Diaz writes about the experiences of immigrants from the Dominican Republic-especially as observed by Yunior, the narrator of several of the book's stories. ![]()
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