He was ambitious to bring them to America and event sent arbitrary sums (to his family) that often left him broke (Diaz 177). Ramon was initially working hard so that he could get money and bring his whole family to America for them to be citizens of America. The short story of Negocious is about a man called Ramon who leaves his family in Dominican Republic and travels to the United States of America to look for job opportunities. Diaz has said in an interview that he dedicated the book titled Drown to his mother because of her endless support to take care of him (Wroe 12). His father had left the rest of the family back in Dominican Republic and gone to the United States where he was working.

While in his early childhood he lived with only his mother and the grandparents. He was born in a family where they were five children and he was the third born. Junot Diaz was born in the Dominican Republic in a town called Santo Domingo. This short story has been inspired by the life of Junot Diaz from being born in Dominican Republic to being an immigrant in America. Negocios is one of the short stories in the book Drown. This book addresses the issues that Dominican immigrants faced when they went to the United States of America in search of the American Dream. The book was a collection of several short stories. Diaz published his first ever book in 1995 which was titled Drown. Currently he is a professor in university as well as an editor working with Boston Review. Junot Diaz is one of the most famous authors in the world due to his amazing works in writing.

Negocios by junot diaz