come together and protest that justice be served. It all started back in 2012 when George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. But before Trayvon there was Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old who got shot by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009. Oscar and his friends were involved in an altercation on the train which needed the police to get involved. He was then
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Ghetto Nerd at the End of the World, 1974 – 1987 Oscar was not your average Dominican male, mainly because he had bad luck with females in general. It was only when he was seven that he was ever a “Casanova”, when he danced the merengue and the perrito, two openly sexual dances. He relatives more than encourage his behavior. Oscar falls in love with a girl from his sat prep class named Ana. Although ana thought of it as being sweet, she does not admit to loving him back. Wildwood 1982 –1985 The
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In Juanto Diaz book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao the story of the book jumped from different country's to different time lines. Oscar Wao and his family line lives is what the book is manly centered about. It took place in either Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic or in Paterson, New Jersey which have different effects on the story and how it's going. In Paterson, New Jersey it has a more of laid back type of feel to it compared to a more scary and violent Santo Domingo. In Santo Domingo
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is about a coming of age Dominican boy who often struggles with his own identity. Throughout the novel, he begins to realize what he needs in order to be happy with himself. This also goes with his sister who manages to escape the traditions and learn to live on her own. Yunior being the narrator of the novel, shows how much can be interpreted by knowing each and everyone's story, including his. His daily struggles increase more as he gets older
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Junot Díaz's book, The Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, details lives of children in the Dominican Republic and furthers his theory of young men and their adversities through their life in all aspects. Diaz, who was born in Santo Domingo in 1968, moved to the United States at age six and also had a Spanish speaking background. In this book, Oscar, the character that holds the story together, rightfully sees himself two faced character. He is a Dominican-American male who grew up in Patterson, New Jersey
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“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost” (Arthur Ashe). In Junot Díaz’s novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Oscar de León, the novel’s tragic hero and helpless romantic, trudges through life as an atypical Dominican—“he wasn’t no home-run hitter or a fly bachatero, not a playboy with a million hots on his jock” (Díaz 11)—until he, contentiously, is the first to beat Rafael
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Not So Wondrous: The effects of a brutal dictatorial regime illustrated by Junot Diaz The brutality of the Trujillo Regime lasted for thirty years. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was named the ruler of the Dominican Republic in 1930, and continued his tyranny until his assassination in 1961. El Jefe, as he was often referred to, (meaning “the boss”) was originally an army general, and took power as a dictator following the rule and overthrow of Horacio Vasquez. Under Trujillo’s rule, the intense
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I was overcome by memories. I am from the city Pleasant Hill which is no more than half an hour away from Hayward. In 2009 when Oscar Grant was shot, everyone had heard about it. For the entire week you couldn’t talk to someone without the shooting being mentioned. At the time I was only in 6th grade starting high school. I did not know anyone directly related to Oscar Grant, however during this tragedy everyone felt connected to him personally. His case is what sparked many protests in the Bay Area
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Jessie Sisavat Professor Duarte Hispanic USA 04/13/15 Book Review The novel of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was about a Dominican child who is addicted with pretend fictions, imaginary stories, romance and curses that have been hunting his family for many generations. The book is based upon the story-telling of identity, governmental oppression and being able to handle the masculinity pressure as a Dominican. The statement that Diaz made about “You can’t tell the history of the U.S without
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Earnest Timed Write Mrs. O’Connell Prompt: Write a well-crafted essay that agrees with, disagrees with, or qualifies the following statement: Wilde’s play, The Importance of Being Earnest is a satirical look at a variety of social ills that Wilde would like to see changed. Saturday Night Live, a show on NBC dedicated entirely to skits mocking pop-culture, never shies away from provoking an audience. Nor does the show hide behind fears of flaunting an opinion. During the 2008 Presidential
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