The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Woa Summary

Symbolism in “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Woa”

“The Brief Woa wondrous Life of Oscar Woa” by Junot Diaz is a haunting story about a Dominican family and their horrible fuku’ lives. Filled with brutal violence and supernatural visions. Junot Powerful use of imagery has a very powerful way of keeping a reader intrigue and interested. His writing although it is fiction has a very strong impact on the readers senses about the many injustices of the world. Junot profound use of imagery are display in his gruesome cane field violent,

First, the cane field scenes are out of this world. The level of physical cruelty that Beli experienced was reminiscent of the horrible and deplorable treatment that slaves had endured during slavery in the Dominican Republic. Beli was beaten with an inch of her life, and eerily the same cruelty happen

to her son Oscar in the same cane field, which cost him his life. One would say that the family’s curse that the author spoke of is traveling from one generation to the next. Initially started with the grandfather Abelard who was imprisoned by Trujillo because he kept Beli’s sister and Oscar’s aunt away from the evil dictator rapist eyes and he also spoke ill of him seem to have started the family fuku’.
Second, both Beli and Oscar had the same supernatural fantasy about a mongoose symbol with gold eyes which is sensory image of some sorts between life and death, good and evil because they both were at death’s door when it was seen.

By the author introducing the symbol of the mongoose at that particular time is his way of evoking some type of emotional feeling from its readers especially those who believe in zafa. The mongoose in some cultures are magical sign of good and it is not a coincident that it appeared at the precise time when such grate evil was being done. Moreover, there is a weird saying that children are very incline to suffer for the sins of the parents and in Oscar’s case it is definitely true. Beli which had a terrible childhood was never grateful or appreciative of anything her only mother ever did for her has pass her curse to her son

Oscar.
Third, the faceless man is the family’s curse at work because every time a family is about to experience about of cruelty and harshness the man without face appears to make certain that it happens. The man with no face was first seen by Beli’s mother before her father was targeted and imprisoned, then by Beli several times and always before acts of cruelty and also Oscar during his suicidal attempted and one of his attackers. In this quote “It's perfectly fine if you don’t believe in these "superstitions." In fact, it's better than fine—it's perfect. Because no matter what you believe, fuku believes in you”. It is certainly true when come the Cabral family.
In summary, “The brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Woa” tells us about the tragic, violent and fictional story about Oscar and his cursed family. The author displayed many symbolism images to represent the fuku and zafa of the family. Although the Junot’s writing was difficult and confusing at times to read, his unique style of writing was also enjoyable and appreciated. Some of the story plotline lines were experience vicariously through the narrator.