Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Essay

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Clearly, Junot Diaz is using symbolism throughout the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, to illustrate how a host of events would shape the kind of person that Oscar would become. This is accomplished by looking at: science fiction and how it helped Oscar to escape. Early on this was used to show the way he dealt with: the sense of isolationism and rejection he felt in when he was growing up. While, at the same time this is intertwined with the conflicts of love and its underlying meanings that are influencing Oscar's behavior.
To compare these differences, Diaz will use Yunior to show an alternate reality to that of Oscar's (as he is the story teller of the novel). Once this occurs, this helps to provide insights about: what events shaped Oscar's life and how he used science fiction to escape from reality. This is significant, because the author is using these different events to symbolize the kind of person Oscar became and what led to the tragic ending. At which point, the reader has a greater understanding of how various situations helped to shape Oscar's life......

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