“The Money” Summary

The short story, “The Money” addresses the theme of revenge. The author introduces us to the Dominican culture in his days where they would send back pocket money every few months or so to their grandparents. The author and his family were new immigrants, but were settling into the robberies that everyone has experienced. They were never really well off, and everyone took the robbery pretty hard. The author later finds out that his friends were the ones that robbed their family. He then sneaks into their house and takes back what was rightfully theirs.