Fiesta, 1980 (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Junot Diaz
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism, coming of age
- Time of Work: 1980
- Setting: Northern New Jersey and the Bronx in New York City
- Principal Characters: Yunior, Papi, Mami, Rafa, Madai
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, Adolescence, Twentieth century, New York City, 1980’s, New Jersey, Adultery, Latinos, Parties, Dominican Republican or Dominicans
- Locales: New Jersey, Bronx, NY
The Story
Told in the first person by an adolescent Latino boy, “Fiesta, 1980” chronicles a family of immigrants from the Dominican Republic driving to a party in the Bronx in New York City and the events of the party itself. Interspersed with the narration of these events are various family memories as recalled by the narrator, Yunior.
The family consists of Papi and Mami; their two sons, fifteen-year-old Rafa and twelve-year-old Yunior; and the youngest child, Madai, a preadolescent girl. The story begins in the family's modest home in northern New Jersey as they...
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