" which offers a tongue-in-cheek 'guide' to the different facades required for dating different types of girls. The chapter highlights the impact of cultural differences in constructing impressions but, perhaps more importantly, demonstrates the extent to which the narrator feels he must go to conceal the most embarrassing dimensions of his family's poverty. Here, the narrator begins the chapter by advising, "clear the government cheese from the refrigerator. If the girl's from the Terrace stack the boxes behind the milk. If she's from the Park or Society Hill hide the cheese in the cabinet above the oven, way up where she'll never see. . . Take down any embarrassing photos of your family in the campo, especially the one with the half-naked kids dragging a goat on a rope leash. . . Put the basket with all the crapped on toilet paper under the sink. Spray the bucket with Lysol, then close the cabinet." (Diaz)
Even where the subject of the chapter is not abject misery, the author carries a sense of resentment that is contained in the details of his counsel. This is consistent with the idea expressed in the review by Eder (1996) that the text as a whole reads like a stirring indictment of the American Dream, particularly in terms of its elusiveness for the immigrant set. According to the Los Angeles Times reviewer, "Diaz's anger, his need to report the desperate details, can read like a denunciation before a judge, with the reader as both judge and accused." (Eder)
The anger that Diaz conveys through Yunior's experiences, and those of his otherwise unnamed narratives such as the abusive, drug-dealing character in "Aurora," is perhaps most driven by a sense of resentment at having been misled. For the immigrant family such as the author's, bright and cheery promises about the United States and its attendant opportunities would give way to a cruel and demeaning existence. Thus, even if the text is culled from a significant amount of childhood reminiscence, "Diaz's narrative space...
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Teen dating violence is at epidemic proportions and has become to the topic of debate in recent years. The purpose of this discussion is to identify a single intervention in working within the family that would help a child's resilience to controlling his/her temper. The discussion will focus on describing the intervention; how and why it might be beneficial; what might motivate people to participate fully in the prevention. The
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