Yunior also refers to hiding photos of him and his cousins back in Dominican Republic that reflects his former lifestyle. He continues to list where to hide the cheese depending if the girl lives in the same apartment complex, or is an outsider. He attempts to hide anything that reflects any signs of poverty. If she's from the Park or Society Hill, hide the cheese in the cabinet above the oven, way up where she'll never see”(143). If the girl's from the Terrace stack the boxes behind the milk.

His socioeconomic status is brought up to the reader when stated “Clear the government cheese from the refrigerator. While at first glance the narrator may seem full of himself, it can be discovered that his acts of promiscuity act as a mask to hide his background.

This key element is used to reveal Yunior's background and Dominican influence. He goes back and forth between New Jersey influenced English and broken Spanish, which blends Yunior’s two identities.

Another writing device that Junot Diaz uses to make his writing style unique is his use of diction. By writing in this view point, the reader gets a very clear perspective into the life of the narrator and gains in depth knowledge of the narrator's inner struggles. As told by the Atlantic journalist Joe Fassler, “By displaying his stylistic range, Diaz reminds us just how subjective Yunior's brutishness is.” The narrator instructs the reader himself (intended for Dominican males) on how to date woman of different ethnic background. Written in second person point of view, the story is presented as an instruction manual. Junot Diaz is able to convey the themes of masculinity and stereotypes of women through his unique writing style. Throughout the story however, the narrator’s actions rely on the ethnicities and residencies of the females. They then make their way back to the house, with hopes from Yunior that he is going to get laid.

He takes the girl out to eat while maintaining small talk throughout the meal. He then gets ready as the girl makes her way over to his house using the directions he hand wrote. Coming from a low income family living in New Jersey, he starts off by removing obvious signs of Dominican ghetto culture such as the 'government cheese”. The story is centered around a young teenage boy named Yunior, giving instructions about readiness for a date.

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