The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
MARY KORANTENG
CO MIC SPIRIT IN AMERICA LITERATURE AND CULTURE
JANUARY 20, 2012
INSTRUCTOR: MR. WAITHAKA
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is about a Dominican family who lives in Paterson New Jersey and they have been through many tribulations in life. The theme I chose for my essay is Fuku and Love, in the novel these two themes were mainly the reason why the characters got their self in situations they could not overcome. The novel is overall about finding love and overcoming the family curse. It is believed that Fuku was created on the arrival of the Europeans, this unleashed Fuku on the new world. “No matter what you believe, Fuku believes in you” (Diaz page 5). Many people believed that whoever that was against Trujillo would “incur” a very powerful Fuku upon themselves and their family for generations to come. “It was also believed that Rafael Leonidas Trujillo was Fuku itself” (Diaz page 2-3). Hypatia Belicia Cabral is the third and final daughter of Abelard and the mother of Lola and Oscar De Leon. Beli was born during the time of Trujillo regime and at that point of time her father was arrested by the secret police for making a joke saying “ I hope there aren’t any bodies in here” and when Abelard opened the trunk he said “ Nope, no bodies here, Trujillo must have cleaned them out for me” (Diaz page 234-235). Apart from that the secret police found a book Abelard was writing about Trujillo in his desk, the book was an “exposé of the supernatural roots of the Trujillo regime! A book about the Dark Powers of the President, a book in which Abelard argued that the tales the common people told about the president-that he was supernatural…” (Diaz page 245). That was the fall of the Cabral family, many things started to happen; such as the family being broken up and the death of Socorro, Jackie and Astrid. Beli was just two months and was being
CO MIC SPIRIT IN AMERICA LITERATURE AND CULTURE
JANUARY 20, 2012
INSTRUCTOR: MR. WAITHAKA
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is about a Dominican family who lives in Paterson New Jersey and they have been through many tribulations in life. The theme I chose for my essay is Fuku and Love, in the novel these two themes were mainly the reason why the characters got their self in situations they could not overcome. The novel is overall about finding love and overcoming the family curse. It is believed that Fuku was created on the arrival of the Europeans, this unleashed Fuku on the new world. “No matter what you believe, Fuku believes in you” (Diaz page 5). Many people believed that whoever that was against Trujillo would “incur” a very powerful Fuku upon themselves and their family for generations to come. “It was also believed that Rafael Leonidas Trujillo was Fuku itself” (Diaz page 2-3). Hypatia Belicia Cabral is the third and final daughter of Abelard and the mother of Lola and Oscar De Leon. Beli was born during the time of Trujillo regime and at that point of time her father was arrested by the secret police for making a joke saying “ I hope there aren’t any bodies in here” and when Abelard opened the trunk he said “ Nope, no bodies here, Trujillo must have cleaned them out for me” (Diaz page 234-235). Apart from that the secret police found a book Abelard was writing about Trujillo in his desk, the book was an “exposé of the supernatural roots of the Trujillo regime! A book about the Dark Powers of the President, a book in which Abelard argued that the tales the common people told about the president-that he was supernatural…” (Diaz page 245). That was the fall of the Cabral family, many things started to happen; such as the family being broken up and the death of Socorro, Jackie and Astrid. Beli was just two months and was being
Bibliography: Diaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. New York: riverhead Books, 2007. Sources: http://www.enotes.com/brief-wondrous-life-oscar-wao/summary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao