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How can I summarize Junot Diaz's "The Dreamer"?

Use the key terms in Freytag's Pyramid to summarize the plot of Junot Díaz's "Wildwood." Briefly describe the plot's exposition, inciting incident of conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

I need help writing a thesis for a cultural and historical context essay about the short story "Wildwood" by Junto Diaz. Some of the options to write about are: mother-daughter relationships, ethnic identity, and the role of daughters.

How do setting and atmosphere in How to Date a Brown Girl, Black Girl, White Girl, or Halfie by Junot Diaz impact the reader? How does setting and atmosphere impact the overall experience of the story?

Is Yunior from "How to Date a Brown Girl" a static or dynamic character?

What is the summary of "This is How You Lose Her" by Junot Diaz?

In “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie,” by Junot Diaz, what are some of the differences in the narrator's expectations these different categories of women? How do the different expectations cause the narrator to treat them differently on the date? 

How does the main character in "How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie" by Junot Diaz contribute to irony and contradiction?

1. What is your reaction to Junot Díaz’s “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie”? Did you enjoy reading this story? Why, or why not? 2. Describe the narrator, Yunior. Does he seem realistic to you? Does he fit with Cleeve’s concept of a character that “springs alive”? If so, what makes this character seem especially real to you? 3. What are some of the major and minor themes that this story presents? 4. Meyer describes irony as “a device that reveals a reality different from what appears to be true” (226). Can this story be described as ironic? What in the style and tone of this story reveal that “what we see” in Yunior is not really “what we get” (ibid.).

In “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie,” by Junot Diaz, why does the narrator include his reference to the tear gas used by the United States when the Dominican Republic was invaded?

Do you think the narrator Yunior from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is racist or sexist?

What is your reaction to Junot Díaz’s “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie”? Did you enjoy reading the story?  

I want to do a postcolonial literary criticism of the short story "How to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)" by Junot Diaz. How can I best write this essay?