Brief Wondrous Life

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This essay will consider how the issues of culture and identity are presented in "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Was" by Junior Diaz. It will focus specifically on Diaz's word choice and use of figuratice language to impact the text.
In "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao", the reader is introduced to the main character, Oscar, when he was younger. Young Odvar was praised for his aggressiveness and lover boy acts towards girls. For example, ".. some drunk relative inevitably pushed Oscar onto some little girl and then everyone would howl as boh and girl approximated the hip-motism of the adults." ( Diaz 12). This quote shows how at a young age Oscar was introduced to his masculine privilege as he is pushed towards a girl and was howled