Theme Of The Brief Wondrous Life Of Dr Junoior

Oppression transcends generations, and in the world, oppression is something that one either endures and moves on, or something that washes over people bringing them down and silencing them, taking away their freedom. The Fukú, as told by the narrator Yunior, is a curse that originated from colonization and slavery. It was supposedly a curse that was controlled by Trujillo, a dictator that ruled the Dominican Republic with an iron fist for 30 years. It is characterized as a malicious curse that brings doom to anyone it comes in terms with. In the novel, The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao, the author Junot Diaz uses the symbolism of the fukú to illustrate the theme of oppression and how different types of oppression affect the characters Oscar

Yunior first starts out by stating the origins of the curse. He states, “They say it came from Africa carried in the screams of the enslaved” (1).you know discussing how the flu originated from slavery. He says that they originated from the screams of the oppressed, the people who were stolen from their homes and made to work unfairly. This illustrates that the school is a symbol for oppression because it was made Sam the cries of the oppressed. They screamed out injustice and that's what the fukú is. Furthermore, he uses the culture and beliefs that were passed on through the generations to paint a picture for the reader about the fukú. “Everyone in Santo Domingo had a fukú story”(5). The cultural significance of this piece of evidence shows how widespread the fukú is and how well known it is among the culture of the Dominican Republic. To further elaborate the fact that it is so well-known adds to the symbolism oppression. Like the fukú oppression is very well-known; it is not well known just among the citizens of the Dominican Republic ;but also to the world. Junot Diaz, through the narrator Yunior, illustrates how the widespread, and the slave born curse, the fukú, actually represents the symbol of