Violence has been present in the Dominican Republic for many years‚ now. It has become a power that can either be used by people in order to protect themselves or for other illegal reasons such as committing a murder. In Junot Díaz’s novel‚ The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao‚ the theme of violence is portrayed throughout the story as they are under the rule of a dictator in every generation and physical and emotional abuse are present‚ as well. Those living in the Dominican Republic strongly believe
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education and no face How could two very different people have the same struggles? Victor and no face both live in different countries and have different problems but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t the same in some ways. No face from No face by Junot Diaz has a medical problem‚ and victor from Indian education by Sherman Alexie has race problem. Victor is an Indian boy that struggles with unworthy schooling life and dealing with racism. No face is a dominican boy that struggles with lack of schooling
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Amy Tan wrote a story about her childhood called‚ “Mother Tongue.” The definition that I found for code-switching is the alternate use of two or more languages or varieties of languages‚ especially within the same discourage. As a matter of fact‚ Junot Diaz also wrote his story about his experiences during his school years at the University. He titled his story as “MFA vs. Poc.” His story is more relative to code-meshing. The definition of code-meshing is the language blending‚ it refers to the concurrent
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Analysis of Motifs‚ Symbols‚ and Themes Motif 1. Geek Culture The novel repeatedly uses characters from fantasy and sci-fi fiction. Sometimes‚ these characters are used to represent the characters in the novel. Junot Diaz is proud of being a comic book lover‚ and he often incorporates these “nerdy” materials to his works. The character of Oscar‚ and even Yunior‚ is an avid fan of geek culture. Throughout the novel‚ we see Oscar playing role-playing games‚ watching animes‚ and writing his own
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How to Date a Brown Girl The short story is called: “How to date a brown girl.” And it is published in 1997 by Junot Díaz. The writer of this short story wants to tell us about the differences between the human races. He is telling us about what you can expect from‚ for example‚ dating a black girl or a white girl. He got this recipe for how to date the girls. For example if you are dating a halfie you can expect that she would talk a lot about how her parents ended up together. You may also have
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The need to impress in “A&P” and “How to date a brown girl (black girl‚ white girl‚ or hafie)” The narrators in “A&P” and “How to date a brown girl (black girl‚ white girl‚ or hafie)” both feel the need to impress the opposite sex. In “A & P‚” Sammy tries to impress Queenie and her friends by being the “hero‚” whereas in “How to date a brown girl (black girl‚ white girl‚ or hafie)” Yunior tries to impress the girls he dates by hiding who he really is but both of the narrator’s desire to
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Impressions of “Fiesta‚ 1980” I chose to write about my journal entry "Fiesta‚ 1980” by Junot Diaz for a variety of reasons. Throughout the story‚ I found myself relating to many of the characters and their situations. Coming from a Hispanic family myself‚ the cultural characteristics‚ feelings and behaviors are very similar to my own. Many of the cultural characteristics portrayed by Yunior’s mother resemble those of my own mother. During my childhood my mother always gave me a blessing before
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“Fiesta 1980” and “Daddy” Both poems are about memories of the relationship with their father. However‚ the experiences are very different. The children presented in “Fiesta 1980” by Junot Diaz and “Daddy” by Silvia Plath suffers an internal struggle because of their fathers. In “Fiesta 1980” there is a chance to improve the relationship where as in “Daddy” there is no hope because the father is dead. In “Fiesta 1980” we can tell the story is told in the first person by and adolescent Latino
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Often time‚ love is the source of violence in a relationship. Some people become violent because of jealousy or heartache. In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ by Junot Diaz‚ the fuku is a curse which revolves around the Cabral family and Oscar believed it is a bad luck for him. Oscar falls in love with the girls easily that leads him to his death. The characters from the novel were physically abused because of love. In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ there is a complicated relationship
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people‚ and without art‚ there’s no life. I remember when we were young we use to think that art was only drawings and paintings‚ and that it’s only purpose was to have a good time‚ but “That’s just how we thought back then. We were young” (Diaz‚ 2004). Art is much more than that‚ art contributes to society by encouraging people to be more open-minded and to see things from more than one perspective. Art have the power to provoke us‚ to move us and to educate us. The arts are a kind of cultural
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