Summary: The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao

“The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” is a story that revolves around relationships. Obviously some of these relationships are between the main character and his/her counterparts, or family, or even opponents, but this book’s author would not dare make it so simple. Junot Diaz is known for venturing far outside the organization of storytelling and he makes no exception for “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” Thus, Diaz allows his characters to develop relationships with outside or real life parties, such as another entertainment franchise, modern world government, or even the book’s narrator. Indeed, Diaz does manage all of this for the main character, Oscar Wao, but what does Oscar as a character get out of these relationships. To start, what does his relationship with his close friend/roommate teach him, but also how do real

This does not mean that his character literally changes or responds to Diaz’s multitude of references. In fact, the readers themselves change their view or interpretation of Oscar as a result of the references. If one was not initially convinced of Oscar’s ghetto nerd personality, some of the nerd culture references will easily confirm it. In the beginning of the book, when Oscar actually has two girlfriends it perceptibly blows up in his face, so he simply returns home to his nerdy television shows, “Herculoids and Space Ghost,” which is practically foreshadowing him going completely without love and deeper into his nerd nature (14). Also, if the reader finds Oscar to be self-conflicting or possessing mixed views, Diaz’s allusion heavy writing style tends to emphasize what the reader should understand. Perhaps this simply resolves around the readers perception and overall developed opinion about Oscar Wao as the main character, but it does prove that the references effect Oscar’s character from the reader’s