Monstro By Junot Diaz Summary

The science fiction developed in Junot Diaz’s short story, “Monstro,” is an underlining contributor to the overall evident form of dystopia that is conveyed in a post-apocalyptic catastrophe. Diaz creates characters that are under the influence of their own social problems, and do not perceive to intertwine with the realistic, problematic scenario growing outside of their safe-zone boundaries. The dystopia and science fiction genre are used as a medium of complimentary conventions that reinforce the significant idea to the audience that people live in a selfish world, where taking life for granted is revealed through humanity’s fear of smaller, more personal occurrences. Diaz defines within the ruins of “Monstro’s” plot that dystopia is a

To start, the narrator was “un morenito from Villa Con” that was remembering when the world was coming to an end, all he was doing was “chasing a girl” (115,107). On the other side of social class, Alex, the narrator’s colleague from Brown University, was more passionate about taking “pictures of all the infected people” rather than realizing to stay away from the horrific situation (111). Also, Mysty was not excused from this selfish behavior because her only desire was to “move to paris” (112). Although there is a difference in social status, the actions of all three friends are still compelling to the author’s message. As the narrator states, there “wasn’t anything close to humane, but at nineteen who needed humane” (111). These young, relentless adults were all living in their own constructed, personal problems. They, along with other like-minded individuals, were not consciously aware of the great danger that was surrounding them nearby. Reluctantly, these ignorant people will not discover any truth to their horrifying reality until they confront with the “Black rotting rugose masses… of bodies” on their own