The Cheater s Guide For Love By Junot Diaz - 997 Words

Have you ever wondered how someone can go from their lowest point in life, struggle and face their demons and end up back on top? If you have, then you should read, The Cheater’s Guide to Love, by Junot Diaz. In his story, The Cheater’s Guide to Love, Diaz covers the journey of Yunior of finding and losing love and the ups and downs along the way. This journey is chronicled by year, starting at year â€Å"0† the breakup and ending in year â€Å"5† where he starts to write his story. Throughout the story Yunior is faced with internal and external conflicts, including his downfall and rise towards the end. Diaz also covers the effect of these conflicts not only on Yunior but those surrounding him. Diaz provide many different perspectives to these conflicts, and offers a way for the reader to connect and interpret the material in a unique way. Each conflict is shown to be a significant factor in the development of Yunior’s character and a guide t o his journey and actions throughout the story. Diaz’s use of conflicts in the story The Cheater’s Guide to Love are significantly to the development of the story s theme and that of the main character Yunior. Diaz uses the internal conflicts of Yunior to show the effects on his life and that of others, these internal conflicts are often illuminated by external conflicts, such as the action of others. Throughout the story, The Cheater’s Guide to Love, author Diaz chronicles the main character’s finding and losing love and the ups andShow MoreRelatedThe Cheater s Guide For Love By Junot Diaz895 Words   |  4 PagesIn â€Å"The Cheater’s Guide to Love†, Junot Dà ­az presents a story about love that goes sour after the primary character, Yunior’s infidelity is discovered. But beyond just an emotionally bleak story, Dà ­az also uses the background of a love story gone bad to explore issues of race through Yunior’s narrative style, second-person point of view, and the characterization of the various women Yunior meets. One of Dà ­az’s greatest gifts in storytelling is the intimacy of his voice through the use of second-person