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Summary: The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is an extraordinary tale that takes you into the lives of Oscar Wao and his family members who are burdened with a terrible curse called fuku. The fuku spell began with Oscar’s grandfather, Abelard. Abelard angered the Dominican Republic dictator, Trujillo, after he allegedly made a joke about the dictator that turned into a crime. However, the real reason behind Abelard’s downfall was his refusal to introduce his daughter to Trujillo, who had a sexual appetite for young women. Abelard’s punishment for his crime was prison, where he was repeatedly tortured. His family soon suffered from the fuku curse including Oscar’s mother, Beli and Oscar himself. Beli and Oscar both fell in love with forbidden …show more content…

The source wall is a fictional structure in the DC Comics Universe that lies on the edge of the known multiverse (Annotated Oscar Wao). Beyond the wall, known as the source, a cosmic essence or being that is the "source" of all that exists (Annotated Oscar Wao). The wall is theoretically passable, however all those who have tried to pass have been trapped in it (Annotated Oscar Wao). The source wall is the barrier that the Dominican people cannot overcome. The Dominican people experience countless incidents of violence with little hope for escape, possibility inflicted by the fuku curse from Trujillo’s regime. Many of Oscar’s family members had direct contact with Trujillo or his organization. Abelard’s wife and daughter’s mysterious deaths may have been caused by the government; this is an unanswered question in the book. Oscar had contact with a government official, Ybón’s boyfriend, which led to his death. The wall or curse hangs over Oscar’s family. In Oscar’s final words to his murders, Oscar tells them he will be waiting for them when they die on the other side which could be a reference to the wall and his final escape (Diaz

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