She pays rent and basic expenses and he only pays for the phone bill. Yet, his father left and he supports his mom, feeling a sense of owning her for what she has done. Here, he refers “selling” as his drugs because at the park that he goes most of the kids buys from him. The author states that on Saturdays Yunior makes a fortune out of his selling (1244). He doesn’t have many ambitions for the future, and accepts his current situation. Junior doesn’t think he is able to go any further, saying “I had another year to go in high school, no promises elsewhere” (1242). He is involved in illegal activities, the people around him are not a good influence, and his best friend has left him behind for college. The title of the story shows how life’s circumstances keep pushing him down. In Junot Diaz’s short story “Drown,” we meet Yunior, a high school drug dealer who lives in poverty with his mother in a Housing Authority Apartment.
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