Junot Diaz's This Is How You Lose Her

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In “Nilda” a chapter in Junot Diaz novel This is How You Lose Her, the story is being told by a first person point of view. The story is being told by Yunior however he is telling Nilda’s story. The opening line of the chapter demonstrates this “Nilda was my brother’s girlfriend” (Diaz 144). Diaz has the character tell the story of Nilda through his point of view. Although one could say that it’s an unreliable first person point of view. Yunior does not show any sign of trying to make himself appear better. The opening line can also signify the distance within time. The distance told within the story is, a time distance meaning that the story is expressed in past tense. Another example of time distance is when Nilda speaks to Yunior while

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