Drown Essay -- Junot Diaz

drownThe fact that I am penning 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 kindle relate to many young adults. Their experiences and the journeys of their lives are what most Hispanic teenagers go through. The 10 different stories explain the different themes shown throughout the book. The Hispanic fellowship faces many problems and Diaz states a couple of them gender immigration, violence, drugs, family, cultural identity, and the Latin experience. In the beginning, Yunior and Rafa are both ignorant and show a sign of hate towards Ysrael. The story about Ysrael is that when he was a baby a rat bit him on the face. They find out about Ysrael, because a son told them a story about him. Yunior and Rafa both show their views of ignorance and hatred towards Ysrael. maven day they decide to go and look for him. Once they find him their origin attempt is unsuccessful. Yunior and Rafa are trying to go along with the other kids so they can fit in. But when Yunior befriends Ysrael, he begins to have a honest conversation with him. Yunior is content talking with Ysrael, because he begins to realize that they share uniform interest. Also both have family in the states. Yunior believed Ysrael when he told him that he wa...