Junot Diaz

An essay that emphasizes culture and history should look at the larger context in which the individual story is set. The suggested themes of mother–daughter relationship and the daughter’s role...

What you think of this story is up to you. Did you find yourself relating to Yunior, or did you find him too cynical? Many readers enjoy the story's sense of realism; Yunior seems like a real guy...

Yunior is the primary narrator in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and can be considered a sexist product of his Dominican culture. When Yunior bemoans Oscar's inability to win the affections...

In the story “How to Date a Browngirl,” Yunior is a static character rather than a dynamic one. The difference between these character types is that a dynamic character changes or has a significant...

First, you will need to decide what your thesis statement will be. Your thesis will guide the direction of your essay. So, in terms of postcolonial criticism, you might choose to discuss...

The question is ultimately an opinion question. As long as you state your opinion and clearly defend why you think what you think, then you are good to go. I remember reading this story the...

Junot Diaz's This is How You Lose Her is a collection of short stories which are thematically connected in that they all relate to men's tendency to cheat in relationships that are meant to be...

In the story, the narrator includes the reference to the tear gas to make a point about his self-image: as an immigrant living in an American suburb of New Jersey, the narrator is ever aware of his...

These two questions are not easily answered. The reason for that is because the narrator switches descriptions of the girls so quickly and so often that it is difficult to keep track of which...