Something very interesting about The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao written by Junot Diaz is the way the story is told. The story begins in present tense but then goes to the past telling us about the lives of the people that came before Oscar and Lola. His mother, grandparents and great grandparents. The story of every character is told in detail allowing us as the reader to understand the characters in a deeper level. Junot Diaz writes the story in English but includes a lot of spanish vocabulary the words are slang words which made the story feel even more realistic being that I am hispanic. It made me feel like I was actually in the conversation because I could relate to that sort of language. Another reason why this novel may seem so realistic is because it brings in actual history from the Dominican Republic. Rafael Leonidas Trujillio Molina was D.R’s dictator from 1930-1961. Trujillio was evil and the country became corrupt and many people disliked not being able to have their own voice. The story about Oscars life is a story most people would be able to relate to because of the realistic problems he goes through in life. I really enjoyed reading the first half of the book because it left me at the edge of my seat wondering more about the life of the characters and how Oscar will end up. I enjoyed the fact that the language switched up constantly making me remember of old friends that are from the Dominican Republic. Will Oscar try killing himself again or will he actually decide to change his image and finally start being more healthy and lose weight? If Oscar finally decided to make this change it would change the story completely, the story would actually have a happy ending to it. I actually do hope Oscar finally sees that he’s the only one that can better his situation and gains the confidence he needs to talk to girls the right way because Oscar is a very nice guy who needs to toughen up a bit.
