The Short Summery of the Novel Under Consideration
The novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” written by Junot Díaz can be acclaimed as one of the best modern day novels depicting people’s lifestyles and social and political developments in the ever changing reality of nowadays. Within the book the audience will find a coherent and cohesive depiction of a humorous portrait of a Dominican nerd and his meditation on private and public historical account and familial history. In the following paper, this novel will be addressed in terms of its connection to the valuable information concerning private and public life and history of Latin America studied by us during the classes. Generally, the book can be evaluated as a fine piece on history and people’s life in Latin America and the United States, and providing sustainable data, deep investigations, thought-provoking ideas and an interesting layout.
The Primary Themes of the Book
The book begins with the fukú. This is “generally a curse or a doom of some kind; specifically the Curse and the Doom of the New World” (Diaz 84). Then the author relates the events of those days impartially showing all the difficulties that the family of Dominican immigrants has to face in the United Sates. After this, the author shifts to relating Oscar de Leon and his sister Lola’s personal accounts. The book ends up by relating the events leading to the death of its main character along with the reaction of the other personages to it. Discussing the events addressed in the book under consideration, it should be stated that they are addressed in a way easy for understanding and evaluating their results for the future of the country and the region as a whole. Through the pages of the book it becomes clear that the life of immigrants from Latin America is full of disappointments and hurts in the United States along with a row of sad injustices and discrimination (Winn 91). The author presents a well-developed story-telling and sort of a concealed argument on how exactly historical and political matters were involved into the process of immigrants’ adaptation in the United States.
The ASuthor’s Style
With regards to the author’s style, it should be said that it is rather interesting and easy for comprehension and perception. The strength of his style is in the ability to make every reader interested and involved into the process of reading. The book is developed in a way which helps to feel oneself a part of the events of those days, to “listen” to the dialogues of its characters and to feel the real atmosphere existing in New Jersey during those days. Through the pages of the book it becomes clear that certain social conflicts and contradictions were hardly to be avoided and were also critical for changing some mistaken practices and unfair orders within the country.
In addition, the book presents a thorough research with reliable and trustworthy information put into it in the footnotes on the way these conflicts involved all the social layers of the American society and how they affected it. There is also a significant piece of information on the economical background of these conflicts. The author presents a well-developed argument on how exactly economical matters were involved into the process of the country’s democratization. The book is developed in a single narrative voice of its main character Yunior which is so convenient for its understanding. Such welcoming and easy for comprehension narrative style gives a feeling that you are having a friendly conversation with some interesting person rather than studying a difficult material on serious historical matters.
Critical Reflections
Reflecting on the information related by Diaz in his book, I would say that it is well structured and easy to accept. The book can be read really fast, and provides its audience with considerable facts and numerous interesting details. I especially enjoyed the parts describing the events related to the efforts by the main character to integrate into the new society. The primary purpose of this book seems to make the audience interested in the history of immigration form Latin America into the United States, to encourage them to lean some important lessons and to make their conclusions as to the important social matters which are connected to the lives of American citizens.
As a final point, the book “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” written by Junot Díaz can be described as successful and efficient work on the history of immigration the United States form Latin America which fully accomplishes its goal to encourage the audience to think about the important social issues related to this process. The book features a simple for understanding, logical, coherent and chronologically organized lay out which makes it really convenient for understanding of its ideas. Reading this book has gotten me into thinking about the difficulties that immigrants must face and change some of my attitudes towards them. In particular, I learnt how to respect them for their strength in their efforts to adapt to the new society along with its culture and lifestyle.
Works Cited
Diaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, The United States: Riverhead Hardcover, 2007. Print.
Winn, Peter. Americas: The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean, 3rd ed, The United States: University of California Press, 2006. Print.