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    In Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ women in the Dominican Republic are objectified by men; they are treated as sex symbols and objects of desire. Similarly‚ a women’s worth is dependent upon her physical attractiveness solely and not her character. Women are also chastised and physically assaulted for failing to subjugate themselves to men. What role and power do women have in the novel and is it merely limited to pleasing men? Arguably Beli more than anyone understands

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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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    generation; what we fail to see is the reason for this pattern and the ways in which we can remedy the situation. A great example of this issue is displayed in the novel‚ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ by Junot Díaz. The female characters of Junot Diaz’s novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ La Inca‚ Beli‚ and Lola‚ demonstrate the ways in which colonialism led to the dehumanization of citizens‚ especially women‚ and how these power dynamics carry over into modern society in relationships

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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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    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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    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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    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 of some kind. Now to focusing on how the Fukú effects Oscar himself looking at different aspects of the character. Firstly it is best to describe Oscar’s appearance to get a better idea of the character. Oscar never was a small man‚ and over the years of his

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    the oppressed citizens during the Trujillato era. The fact that they’re faceless only shows us that they will remain nameless‚ and 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

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    Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz‚ Oscar attempts to live his life in accordance to what is expected of him‚ but cannot seem to please his demanding Dominican family; much less live up to Yunior’s high standards. The pressure Oscar feels from Yunior makes Oscar live his life with the sole purpose of wanting to become a true Dominican man. When Oscar dies‚ Yunior confuses his guilt for Oscar’s death with the guilt he feels for betraying

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    target other races and as a result we have turned our focus to within our communities. Our change of focus toward our communities is profound in the school systems. In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao a Dominican boy living in the ghetto experiences both ends of what it means to be Dominican. Oscar has experienced two very different lives‚ one where people honor him and another where people walk over him. The ironic

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