Personal Narrative Essay: Ricardo's Father

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is not a happy book. The Author, Junot Diaz, does a great job fooling the reader into believing the story is about the De Leon family, specifically Oscar who is an over weight nerd trying to find the love of his life, but due to a family “fuku” or curse Oscar is having a lot of trouble doing so. Instead, the story actually portrays the dark history of the Dominican Republic under the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. Upon reading the stories of Oscar’s relatives the reader feels a powerful message of fear and oppression due to the actions of the Trujillo regime. Even after the demise of

In “The Secret Lion,” Alberto Alvaro Rios establishes the theme as loss of innocence in a young boy. The narrator brings to life a boy who must leave behind his youthful perceptions about girls, the arroyo, and his green haven. All preconceptions are shattered, and each glimpse of bliss is taken away. Through this the boy gains perspective, and begins to see the world with a new awareness. Rios ingrains the loss of innocence theme through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy who exhibits maturity, autonomy, and disillusionment.

When Oscar is eighteen years old he meets an important girl named Ana in an SAT prep class. He immediately falls in love, but unfortunately also falls “into one of those Let’s-Be-Friends Vortexes” (Díaz 41). While Oscar is just one of her

Oscar is the antithesis of his culture’s idea of manliness. In the beginning we meet an Oscar who is called “Porfirio Rubirosa” (21). Everyone is proud of the boy because this is exactly what he needs to be to be a Dominican man. Men from Dominican Republic, and perhaps Spanish Caribbean men, are expected to take care of their family especially their mothers and sisters, yet they are also expected to be “playboys” who have multiple women. as the first line of the story communicates, “Our hero was not one of those Dominican cats everybody’s always going on about—he wasn’t no home-run hitter or a fly-bachetero, not a playboy with a million hots on his jock” (21). Oscar is the type of man who women say they want; kind, sensitive, considerate, smart, and romantic. He truly want to find true

“ His uncle assumed there was probably an attack on the whole neighborhood, but La Inca gave Oscar a meaningful look that said she knew his activities were the reason their house had been shot at. He still didn't stop to think and consider that he was endangering his family,

Trouble began to brew because of the woman, and it seemed logical to any normal person to discontinue the pursuit; but Oscar’s stubbornness that was frequently depicted in situations throughout the novel led him to his death. In this novel there was no other way for Oscar to die logically; he needed a big bang to bow out of his eccentric life and what better way for him, than to die for love. True love, what Oscar had been searching for his entire life and finally found, had killed him.

While at Rutgers, Oscar thought he had something going with a girl named Jenni Muñuz. They became pretty good friends, getting into deep conversations and telling each other secrets. Oscar only imagined the relationship developing into Jenni becoming his girlfriend. The Fuku had to be getting the best of Oscar at this point, as Jenni found another guy that she made her boyfriend. Again, Oscar was more than crushed. His heart had cracked into a million pieces, glued back together and the shattered again. Oscar was in such bad shape after Jenni found a boyfriend that he decided to commit suicide. Luckily for Oscar, he survived his jump from the bridge as he landed safely on the median. Oscar makes it through college and finds a nice job teaching at his old high school in New Jersey. It is not until a much needed trip to the Dominican Republic where his attitude starts to change.

The tale of EL BURRO started when he was a child. In Arizona 1869 EL BURRO, son of Maria and Jorge Garcia spent his afternoons bonding and taking care of his pet donkey PHD. EL BURRO really looked up to his father’s heroism because his father was a well known sheriff who saved many lives, and his mother on many occasions would clad his father’s wounds and nurse him back to health as she did with EL BURRO whenever he got hurt. On many occasions maria would make a certain drink of water with A LOT of sugar in it and would tell him drink this speed cola. Although EL BURRO knew this drink to be very sweet he also knew it was something special between him & his mother.

He has already been beaten up and told not to see her again by her gangster boyfriend. However, this doesn’t stop the two from seeing each other even though Ybon tries to tell Oscar they shouldn’t speak. Oscar sister, Lola flew down to try and talk to him about not seeing Ybon anymore; however, this does not help. The author tells the readers that, “Lola flew down to see him, begged him to come home, told him that he was only going to get Ybon and himself killed,” (Diaz, 319) he listened to what she had to say but didn’t go home with her. Then his mother flew down and told him he had to come home he still refused; nothing was working and Oscar still kept seeing Ybon. It is said in the book that, “he tried again to kiss her and she turned away with her head, not her body. Please don’t. He’ll kill us.” (Diaz, 320), she tries to stop Oscar but it doesn’t help. Within the next couple of days Oscar is found yet again with the men who beat him up the first time. Only this time the author tells us that Oscar doesn’t cry on the way back to the cane fields. They take Oscar into the cane field and Clives, who was in the taxi, was tied up and left at the car. Oscar was not afraid this time and started to speak to the men. The only thing the author says about this beaten is Oscar tells the men how much he loves Ybon, “He told them about Ybon and the way he loved her and how

Whether it was not being able to keep a stable job to support his family, or dealing drugs just to make a quick buck. At the end of the film, Oscar has reached his desination from his predestined path that was waiting him from the start of the film. His destiny has been fullfilled and now he has changed the many lives of others influenced by the tragic events leading to his death. He made a difference the same way how African American citizens are treated in public and around police officers. Protests gathered in the Bay Area after Oscar Grants death for the officers involved in the shooting to be fired. The officer who fired the lethal shot at Oscar was sentenced and has sereved 11-months on jail. Everyone who fought in support of Oscar and his family made his own life worth it in the

Díaz writes about Oscar leaving his friends to show his maturity for being able to cut ties with people, especially since it is hard for him to make friends.

“The Deer at Providencia”, by Annie Dillard is a literary report which digs into the content of suffering. Four North Americans exploring the bank of Napo River on their way to the village observe a deer caught in a rope (which was a trap) suffering and struggling to save its life. Following the central theme of the story, Annie Dillard goes on talking about the suffering that is faced by a man when he was burnt and how after going through so much, seeing the deer doesn’t affect her so much. By this she extends the theme to the fact of universal suffering and how it is needed in every life for a person to understand the importance of the moments he can cherish.

This is a story of Roger Romero’s pass and his adventurous life but like all the great he passed away. This is how life started. He had just graduated from high school and he had went on vacation to go visit his grandparents to celebrate on the plane to take off plane. But he didn't know if he was going to have a miscommunication with the pilot what you meant that they were going to crash ,but you didn’t know where u were going to land. When the pilot informed the people they were crashing when they were going Roger was getting scared and didn't know what to do he got on his asking for help . When he crashed and landed he was unconscious and when he woke up he realized he was at his grandparents house, but what he did realize was that he was in Brazil in the Amazon rainforest. all the beautiful colors and all of the all the dangerous deadly creatures there so what's your role in the food chain Against the panther and again the Jaguar .

I have an abundance of grotesque, yet, barely visible memories of childhood. However, no breathtaking family trips, no unique family togetherness that taught a moral lesson, no abnormal holidays. We still ate family meals together, but most often the children and adults lived in different worlds. When I needed comforting or wanted the best of both worlds, I could turn to my Grandpa.

As a kid I had always wished for you and mom to get a divorce. I had spent nights crying because of how much I would hear you and her fighting. Still to this day I question why mom stays with you, what you have done to deserve your amazing family even though it seems you often forget about us. I struggle day to day with you because you were always the one I went to when I was hurt, when I was sad, or when I just wanted to talk about something. I have always been a daddy's girl but that has hurt me even more. When we’re out doing stuff I forget about what you do, what happens at home. But after time a switch flips, I’m hit with reality and reminded of the truth, reminded of the issues you always seem to cause.