you by threats and with beatings if you’re caught anywhere near a school yard by your own mother. In “The Dreamer,” by Junot Diaz, a young girl is face with adversity when trying to go to school so that she can reach her dream in becoming a nurse.
Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Junot Diaz is a well-known writer who immigrated to New Jersey with his family in 1975. In the essay Diaz depicts a time in his mother’s life where she was faced with her mother not allowing her to go to school…
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