Summary Of The Money By Junot Diaz

Recently I analyzed the memoir entitled, “The Money” written by Junot Diaz. The author describes in his memoir his family’s relationship to money around 1980 which was a time when immigration began to flourish. In his memoir Diaz’s purpose towards the reader is to show struggles and experiences that many immigrants faced and can still be facing today. While analyzing “The Money” I was also able to point out frustration and disappointment Diaz felt towards his mother as well as Mr. Diaz’s emotions as a young boy struggling with what seemed so important at the time, and his reflection on his memories which he shares with his readers. Diaz has a strong point and purpose he is trying to get across to his readers as he begins to describes his memory. Diaz states, “But my grandparents were alone in Santo Domingo, and those remittances, beyond material support, were a way, I suspect, for Mami to negotiate the absence, the distance, caused by our diaspora.” (114). This statement shows culture; a very traditional Hispanic family always gives to their family who live in their home country. As a Hispanic living in the United States we feel very privileged to be living in a country with so many opportunities accessible to us. Diaz shows that as a child he

Diaz didn’t understand why his mother would take away from them to give to their family in Santo Domingo, “She chipped dollars off the cash Papi gave her for our daily expenses, forced our already broke family to live even broker.”(114). Junot Diaz continues his memoir by expressing his life as a young Dominican boy living in a low class neighborhood. He struggles to enjoy life as a child because his mother is more focused on providing to their family in Santo Domingo. After a life long memory of his home being robbed Diaz writes in great detail to express exactly what he was feeling as a young Hispanic boy lives through a though moment in his