The Brief Wonderous Life Of Oscar Wao Analysis

Dominican culture, similar to many other cultures, have traditional gender roles that separated the patterns of personality traits. There are general expectations of roles from both males and females within the Dominican Republic. In a novel called “The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz. The novel begins describing what is called a fuku, which people believe to be a curse, and how that same curse has haunted the family of the De Leon through generations starting with Belicia’s biological father. Within this novel, the De Leon family undermine these gender roles. To add to that, according to Amy M. Blackstone’s article, “[g]ender roles are based on the different expectations that individuals, group, and societies have individuals …show more content…
As Amy M. Blackstone explains, “Gender stereotypes are oversimplified understanding of males and females and the differences between them. Individuals sometimes base their perceptions about appropriate gender roles upon gender stereotypes. Gender stereotypes tend to include exaggeration or erroneous assertions about the nature of males and females.” Belicia’s power specifically was her large breasts. Her becoming a woman marks the starting point of her power, when she realizes that she has gain authority over men with her sexuality. She then later realizes that the control she has over men only works to a certain extent. She fell deeply in love three times with different men, but never maintained a long-lasting relationship with either of them. For an example, her first love with a boy named Jack Pujols. Before Jack had no interest with Belicia until she hit puberty. After Jack has broken up with his girlfriend, he then finds Belicia attractive then later in the novel they both got caught having sex in the broom closet. After that Jack was sent to join the army and so Belicia waited for him to come back for her but he never