During the interview, Junot Diaz reveals many of the reasons behind the setting and dialect of his book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The main character, Oscar Wao, is a Dominican who is defined as a nerd. Diaz says that he was very similar to Oscar a child; he reflects on his child-self and calls himself a super-nerd, stuck in a poor community. An important part of the book is a Dominican curse called Fukú americanus; the curse rip through the lives of the characters. Diaz says that for him the fukú was a narrative dream come true. Another part of the interview that stood out to me is the fact that Diaz uses the N-word on a consistent basis in the book. He justifies the use by saying that Oscar never uses the word, however, the Yunior
