While he is away from the Dominican Republic, Ramon marries a U.S. The father, Ramon, is ambitious and hardworking, but still struggles to provide for himself and his family. The last stories chronicle Yunior’s father’s experience as he tries to succeed in the United States. He works and helps pay the rent and other bills while she works as a housekeeper. The stories then jump forward many years to when Yunior is in high school and living with his mother. Although they still live in poverty, they do not want for food or other basic necessities. They live in an apartment and establish a new community in New Jersey. Their mother works long hours, sometimes fourteen-hour shifts, at a local chocolate factory while their grandfather watches them.Īt 9-years-old, five years after Yunior’s father leaves, he returns from the United States to bring them back. Their father abandoned them when Yunior was 4 and their family lives in poverty, sometimes having to forgo food for clothes and other necessities. The story begins when Yunior and Rafa, his brother, are eight and twelve, and are sent to live with their uncle for the summer so their mother can work. Yunior, the narrator, tells the story of his family’s immigration to the United States from the Dominican Republic. Drown is narrated by an educated adult, and set mostly in the 1980s, with much of the narrative occurring in the narrator’s childhood. The novel does not follow a traditional story arc but rather each story captures a moment in time. Each story is related, but is a separate vignette, each with its own title. In this collection of short stories, Diaz explores the struggle of Dominican Republic immigrants in the United States to achieve the American Dream. Drown is written by Junot Diaz, a Pulitzer prize-winning author.
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