Assignment:
After reading Junot Diaz's "The Money," choose either Writing Option #2 or #3 Remember, you are joining the conversation! If you choose option #3, you have to provide a Reference page.
Writing Workshop:
1. Diaz mentions Encyclopedia Brown and the Three Investigators, fictional young detectives whose adventures he followed. When you were young, what was as important to you as these fictional characters were to Diaz? In a narrative essay, trace the development of your fascination with a particular fictional character, pastime, or hobby. Need Assignment Help?
2. When he returns the money to his mother, Diaz expects "a party or at least to see her happy" (14), but that isn't the reaction he gets. Write a narrative essay about a time when you expected a particular reaction or outcome but were disappointed or surprised.
3. Working with Sources. Consult several dictionaries to find out what the term diaspora has meant throughout history. Then, write a narrative essay tracing your own family's diaspora, focusing on their movement from one country, region, or neighborhood to another. Include a definition from one of the dictionaries you consult, and be sure to include parenthetical documentation and a works-cited page. (See Chapter 18 for information on MLA documentation.)