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The Brief Wondrous Life Women Analysis

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In the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao women play an important role. The three main women Beli, La Inca and Lola help to define the novel. Throughout the novel women are seen as sexual objects to men. The dictator Trujillo makes it seem like it’s okay for men to objectify women. Women are portrayed as inferior to men because of how powerful the dictator is. They are so poorly treated and they are always trying escape reality. Every girl has a certain expectation from society. These women are struggling to find their identity in society because of their differences. Women help to define the novel by trying to find their identity and trying to escape how they are viewed by men in society. Lola is a beautiful teenage girl who is trying to find her identity in society. She is independent and she tries to rebel against her mother. Her mother Beli is so hard on her to protect her from men. Lola tries to escape her abusive mother by running away and doing things that her mother doesn’t like. Lola constantly has a boyfriend or goes off with boys. This upsets her mother because she is just trying to protect her daughter from the disgusting men who see women as sexual objects. Lola feels that she has power and she can take control in certain situations. She runs away to live with a boy which extremely upset her mother. Beli goes to find Lola and tells her to come home. At first Lola kept running …show more content…

She also looked out for her grandchildren Lola and Oscar when they got themselves in trouble. La Inca was always there for Beli after she was abused by her foster family. She tried her best to teach Beli the way of life and keep her out of trouble. La Inca had major impacts on Beli’s life and Lola’s life. She took care of Beli when the rest of her family died and looked out for Lola when she was in trouble with men. La Inca’s role is to protect the younger generations from the reality of

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