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The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao

Conclusion

What is the purpose and effect of the narration in the story?

- Insight to the story

- Fuku vs. Zafa

- Nationality and Migration

- Structure and style of the narrative

The Brief Wonfrous Life of Oscar Wao

Contributes just as much as the context to to the text’s function and message.

A Dynamic Narration

- Back and forth between: characters, time, space, narrative person

- Mix between english and spanish

A Dynamic Narration

Family's disgraces

Confusing timeline: Long history of suffering

Multiculturalism

“Either I’m nobody or I’m a nation”

Derek Wallcott's preceding quote

Thorough narrative of all of the family's disgraces. It is not only about Oscar

Yunior

Narrator

Contrasting identities

Readers: conflicted feelings towards this narrator

"The Watcher"

Yunior and Lola

  • Liar: secretly judges Oscar
  • Sexualizes Women

“Usually just some cackles and a stray “Hey, fat-ass.”

The best one I heard? Look, Mom, that guy’s taking his planet out for a run”

&

I can’t lie: first couple of times I

almost laughed

Lola's Narration

1st and 2nd person

Feminine perspective

Keeps readers interested- addressing them directly

Lola

1. Oscar

2. Lola

3. Beli

4. Abelard

Diaz moves backward in the family history and each new character shows a continuation of the curse.

1

Footnotes as a part of the Narration

Provides more historical context of Dominican culture.

Raises importance to each of the stories:- Trujillo's dictatorhip

The use of footnotes

Maintaining the novel’s humor

BUT

It is not academic or dry

“You didn’t realize we were occupied twice in the 20th Century? Don’t worry, when you have kids, they won’t know that the U.S. occupied Iraq, either.”

Conclusion

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Novel’s changing style and structure in its narration

Oscar's and other's lack of direction due to Fukú

Dominican family's disgraces in a terrible historical context and transition to american culture:

  • Mixing languages
  • Non-linear timeline
  • Pop-culture references
  • Different narrative person (1st, 3rd, 2nd)
  • Multiple registers within the narration

Diaz skillfully tackles the theme of migrant experience

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