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Essay On The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao

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Immigrants and Will-Power Wherever you go in the United States you'll see a lot of immigrants running their own company, such as a supermarket, dinner, or technology consultant, working hard to find their own path to success. According to Baum Sandy, and M. Flores Stella research Higher Education and Children in Immigrant Families, second generation immigrants have a higher advantage than first generation immigrants because immigrant parents put their children on the road to success; due to their hard working mentality, they drive their children to unusual success. Immigrant parents see their children as capable of many things, so they send them on a journey, much like that of a hero's to achieve success. In comparison, in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, despite the difficulties that Lola faces in her family with her mother's and brother's death, Lola overcame these challenges by embodying her mother's strong characteristics, which allowed to her to the path to success. Much like Joseph Campbell said in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the formula to the hero's journey is the separation-initiation—return, a standard path an individual must face to succeed (Campbell 1). Although immigrants face more challenges than …show more content…

She raised herself along with her brother by cooking and providing support when their mother was unable too. The only option that she could choose from was to be strong for her brother and herself. She also explains how no one understood her and how poorly she was treated by people who she thought loved her. She tells of the stories of how her mother would call her names and tell her that she was ugly. Lola was especially strong for Oscar when he nearly committed suicide. Even though she could not watch over him herself, she made sure that there was someone to watch over him for her. As immigrants provide for their loved ones, Lola provided for her brother. As a

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