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    Jeffrey Fisher Final Paper Eng 102 Professor Peterson Trujillo and the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is not a happy book. The Author‚ Junot Diaz‚ does a great job fooling the reader into believing the story is about the De Leon family‚ specifically Oscar who is an over weight nerd trying to find the love of his life‚ but due to a family “fuku” or curse Oscar is having a lot of trouble doing so. Instead‚ the story actually portrays the dark history

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    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

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    Oscar: The Anti-Dominican The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao includes many instances of the novel’s protagonist‚ Oscar‚ falling in love with unattainable women‚ as well as other moments where Oscar feels pity for himself. Oscar spends most of the novel looking for a woman who will love him back‚ and his self-pity comes as a result of his failure to find a woman. Unlike many of his Dominican peers‚ who do well with the ladies‚ Oscar is not very handsome‚ nor is he able to talk to many girls.

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    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was written by Junot Diaz can be interpreted from multiple perspectives. Different point of views gives the reader a concise image of the protagonist‚ Oscar Wao. Oscar Wao embodies contemporary key points in relation to Contemporary Literature. Confronting tradition and myths—"the curse of Fuku”‚ multicultural and trans global identity‚ and Dominican stereotypes‚ moreover alternating perspectives through the lens of two characters‚ Lola and Yunior. Dominican culture

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    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao focuses less on its title character and more on the history and contemporary diaspora of the Dominican Republic. Oscar Wao is the midpoint that allows Junot Díaz to explore multiple themes of sexuality‚ hyper masculinity tangled with identity‚ and the effects of diaspora. Similarly‚ the Heart of Darkness‚ by Joseph Conrad‚ delves into the effects of post-colonialism in Africa; proving the novel is less about its main character‚ Kurtz‚ and more about the horrendous

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    In the first two chapters of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao author Junot Diaz explores the theme of children coming to terms with their uniqueness. Diaz incorporates this theme in the struggles of siblings Lola and Oscar‚ as they encounter obstacles that stand in the way of their individuality‚ while dealing with adolescence. However‚ Lola rebels against the expectations of others‚ whereas Oscar scrutinizes himself for not being normal enough. The contrasting choices and decisions made by the

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    stories and 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

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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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    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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    generation to 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

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