Summary Of The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao

In the opening page of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao the narrator, Yunior, defines Fukú as “... a curse or a doom of some kind” (1). He exposes us, the reader, to the origin of the Fukú and what it’s capable of doing. He explains that “ anyone who plotted against Trujillo would incur a fukú most powerful, down to the seventh generation and beyond” (3). For Abelard and his family that was the case, the Fukú affected them so far for three generations. The effect of the Fukú could be seen first with when Abelard was imprisoned, then Beli’s miscarriage, and lastly the killing of Oscar. In all of those instances, the common denominator was love and death, Abelard and his family died as a result of him protecting his daughter, Beli lost a

The case for a link between love and death in Beli life did not occur till her second relationship. In her first relationship, the narrator states that “it wasn’t quite the romance she would later make it out to be”(99).That is because of how Jack Pujlos threw her under the bus when they got caught in the closet. On the other hand, the Gangster told her he would buy her a house and took her on a vacation, where he got her pregnant. For a girl, that really never had a true home and that would tell her aunt that “ I don’t need a job. He’s going to buy me a house” (129), I believe that was the point where she fell in love with the Gangster. However, the Gangster was married to the sister of Trujillo and Beli found out when she received a visit from the wife trying to forcibly take her to an abortion appointment. She managed to scream and draw the attention of the townspeople that helped free her. But, she was blinded by love and ran into a trap, where she mistakenly thought it was the Gangster rather than Trujillo’s men that were outside. Because of her escaping last time, Trujillo’s men were going to kill her and the baby. And that could be the part where love leads to death for Beli. Nonetheless, that is not the case, because of the praying that was done by La Inca and the women. Even Though La Inca is related to Beli, the curse only applied to Abelard’s nuclear

Growing up Oscar had a personality that was outgoing and talkative. He had a way with being able to talk to girls and even at one point was dating two girls at the same time. However, when Oscar became a teenager, his life took a different direction. He only had two friends that would hang out behind his back with girls, and so he kept to himself most of the time and he could not talk to girls like he used to. Senior year of high school, he met Ana at an SAT prep and fell for her. But, it did not work out because Ana would not stop talking about her ex-boyfriend, who when he returned from the Army was not an ex anymore. In college, there was Jenni Muñoz that he believed was his soulmate at first sight. Jenni and Oscar hung out for sometime and Oscar even started to get in shape when they were together. Over time, it became clear that it was more of a friendship on Jenni’s side. Because of this, Oscar one night tried to commit suicide by jumping onto the tracks of a railroad. This I would say is not the effect of the fukú because Oscar’s judgment was impaired due to the amount of alcoholic drinks he had that night. And Lastly, there was Ybón, the lady Oscar lost it all to. The fact that Oscar was not aware of Ybón profession allowed him to get to know her without judging and fall in love with her even though she had a boyfriend who was a captain in the Dominican police