Analysis of Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
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Font/Size: 12, Times New Roman
Length: 7.5 pages (Not counting Cover or Citation page)
Words: 2067
**Choose ONE of the topics below.
The paper should focus on the novel (Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz) and use at least two quotes from two of the essays on Diaz.
Analyze relevant themes, movements, and developments within the work as connected to your chosen topic. Discuss the trajectory of the novel – how does it begin; what are some of the images, symbols, metaphors it offers to illustrate your argument about the narrative.
-What is a curse?
-How do the different elements (loved ones, people in his community, masculinity, experiences of immigration) and institutions (political) fall under the curse’s influence?
-How does the curse impact the characters in the novel?
-What steps does Oscar take to change his life and create a future?
-How do you interpret the end of the novel?
**Make sure to quote the text and closely analyze the metaphors and symbols, the tone and/or feeling of each scene or stanza demonstrating their connection to your claims and arguments.
**Paper Topics Choose One or Create your Own: (Suggested Topic: ***)
1. Ruin Reading, the canefield, and histories of Violence
2. Masculinity and Latinx/Dominican Identity***
3. Laughter, Poverty and the breaking down of experience
4. Ruin reading and the Family
5. Decolonial Love: Nerd, Exile, and Scapegoat
6. Decolonial Rage and In/Justice
7. Zafa – Literature, the Imagination, and Justice
8. Decolonial Love and Gendered Justice***
9. Decolonial Love and the Voice
10. Laughter: Trauma, Survival, and Justice***
11. Ruin Reading: Memory and Loss
12. Decolonial Love: Writing/Reading a Liberated Self
**Sources: (Novel & Essays)
Novel: Junot Díaz – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao-Riverhead Trade (2008).pdf
Essays: Choose only (two) and use at least two quotes from each of the 2/3 selected
EssayDiIorioOscarWaoOnLaughter.pdf
EssayHartfordVargasOscarWaoZafa.pdf
EssaySaldivarDiazDecolonialAesthetics.pdf
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