Drown Character Analysis Essay

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Junot Diaz’s, Drown, is littered with overlooked moments that reveal so much about the characters. In my group’s rendering we made the claim that Ysrael is more than an emotionless superhero. We included the scene of Ysrael standing alone in the rain crying.This moment, to me, is the most important in the whole movie. It’s short and easy to miss, which reflects the easy to miss moment nature of the book but also shows the true complexity of Ysrael’s character. Ysrael is infamous for getting his face eaten off by a pig, that’s what he’s known for and everyone wants to try and and get a look underneath the mask to understand who Ysrael is. We, as a class, also tried to look unveil the mask the characters in the book to try and get a true glimpse …show more content…

We once again see Ysrael come face to face with his own doubts about the plausibility of his surgery happening. He is quick to ask about how fast the day of his surgery is approaching but also thinks about the slim chance it happening, “He’s scared of the operations and scared nothing will change…”. In this moment, we see that Ysrael never openly states that he’s scared, much like with Yunior and Rafa This is because he still has to play the role this emotionless person in front of everyone. He can never truly get his guard down. This is because he doesn’t expect sympathy from anyone. People already ridicule him for him face, by showing vulnerability will make him appear weaker and give everyone something else to laugh at.
These two moments of doubts connect to and showcase Ysrael’s internal desire to be accepted into society. We see he’s willing to wait years for his face to be normal again, yet he doubts anything would truly change even if the surgery went as planned. This is because no one truly knows who he is, and no one cares to, Everyone sees him as a caricaturistic, 2D figure. They made a permanent association with a pig and Ysrael. Yet these two moments show how complex of a character he is. He’s insecure, one of the most human emotions and is something everyone can relate

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