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Theme Of The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao

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In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, being love for each character is the most important on their lives. The love could heart but it is a necessary component of life, and no matter what it takes to get there, it is completely worth it. The Fukú and the Zafa used in this book help to the reader understand the main and important theme. All have a beginning and an end, Trujillo a powerful man who made not only goo buildings to his country, but also he made them suffer. He abuses of his dictatorship by forcing people to his side no matter if it results in being painful to them. His regimen was more important than his Dominican people. Junot Diaz brings part of his dictatorship to explain how horrific was the life of the Dominicans. The use

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