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    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is both a typical and a typical novel. It has a recognizing coming-of-age story of Oscar’s journey to adulthood but it is also so much more. It has Dominican Republic history and how the “fuku” curse has affected Oscar in more ways than you could imagine. It is a novel within a novel and is much more than ever thought it would be. Junot Diaz creates something that’s both typical and a typical. He creates a twenty first century

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    reasonable from the preceding action and the character’s nature is what should truly be examined. Not only is the ending of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz both happy and unhappy‚ it is logical in the sense that it follows logically from the climax of the novel all while the character’s have been constant throughout‚ except Oscar. Oscar‚ the protagonist experiences a life-changing transformation that leads to his untimely death. However‚ the ending is convincing because of this transformation

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    English 1010 Response to Oskar Wao #2 “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” written by Junot Diaz‚ is about a man’s spiritual search for himself. Set in New Jersey‚ Oskar Wao attends Rutgers University. Oskar spends his free time writing science fiction stories.Oskar’s loneliness and desperate need to find a companion haunts him and eventually leads to his death. Oskar’s skills with the ladies didn’t last past elementary school. By the time high school came around Oscar was an outcast. Oskar was

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    Oscar Wao Masculinity

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    In his historical novel‚ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ Junot Diaz illuminates the dysfunctionality of the hyper-sexualized culture of the Dominican Republic through the juxtaposition of the fukú‚ or curse‚ the fictional legacy of the deLeon family‚ and the historical oppressive regime of Rafael Trujillo. As the hostile dictator of the Dominican Republic for 31 years‚ Trujillo’s embodiment of a masculinity characterized by terror‚ abuse‚ and the objectification of women‚ develops into the

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    Fukú? What is this really? Stories passed along in families to scare children? Maybe it is an excuse to have when something horrible happens. Is it possible it really is a curse passed down through generations from caused by the act of an individual? Who is to say? In the book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junto Díaz‚ the main character Oscar De León’s family really believes the family is under a major Fukú. First off to explaining what Fukú is‚ according to Díaz‚ it is a curse or a doom

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    that their stories will never be told. It’s kind of a sad and scary symbolism especially when it got to the part that Oscar thinks that the faceless man he saw was joining his beating down. Maybe that’s a representation of how other citizens started to concede to Trujillato’s rule and hurt others just to protect themselves. Next‚ personally‚ I think the mongoose represents the anti-fukú of the de Leons because it always shows up in times of need. But then I thought‚ hey that’s not a symbol! And so‚

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    experience from the survivors themselves and it enhanced my connection and made their history more of a reality. In the book‚ “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚” by Junot Diaz‚ the narrator of the story‚ Yunior‚ attempts to give the reader the same sense of living history through first hand accounts‚ personal stories and memories he gained from Oscar. Although these stories have been passed on through families it does not always mean the stories being told are fully accurate. There are still some

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    Oscar Wao Individualism

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    Oscar Wao believes he is such a lowly person: no friends‚ no life‚ and no freedom. Another thing that really bothers Oscar is that everyone around him is in a relationship and he is not‚ when he was small he used to be a very alpha male character someone that all the girls would like. He was known for his dating habits in the Dominican community and was very popular for it. But as he grew up he gained weight and wasn’t particularly attractive to anyone. Oscar had a challenging life

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    Oscar Wao Analysis

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    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz unmasks the effects of politics‚ diaspora‚ and gender in the development of the hyphenated Dominican-American culture. Trujillo’s regime reveals the impact of militarism and dictatorship on a culture and people. Díaz represents how the violent and corrupt nature of the Trujillato shapes gender stereotypes and sexuality and the portrayal of Oscar illustrates the discriminations against hetero-normative masculinities. Díaz also represents the role

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    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

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