Requirements for this assignment are listed below. Your final grade will be deducted if any of these requirements aren’t fulfilled. 1) You must use at least one piece of direct textual evidence per body paragraph. That piece of evidence, in support of your argumentative claim, must be correctly cited and subsequently paraphrased. 2) Two secondary sources must be incorporated into the essay. Aim for scholarly sources (i.e. no web articles). Utilize the resources within the universities library. Popular library database include JSTOR or Academic Search Complete–also, explore Google Scholar. 3) Your “Works Cited” will have at minimum three sources (one primary, two secondary).

Discuss the issues of race, class, and gender in the story “How to Date” by Junot Diaz. The topic that will be addressed is the perception or biases of Yunior, the main character towards women based on race, class, and gender. Furthermore, explore how he changes his behavior patterns based on the three subjects.

The thesis should include something that revolves around his flawed manual (about women) that shows his real character and manipulation of the opposite sex.
Or a high degree of conflict between an immature boy who wants girls to like him while developing into a man.