It was a bright cold evening in October, my family and I came over to my cousin’s house in Long Island to join his one year anniversary celebration. All of our relatives gathered together to congratulate the beautiful couple; we always assumed that they were a happy couple. My oldest cousin Joy Ahmed was a 28 year old chemical engineer who employees well at a large pharm firm, yet he was a bit different than other boys. According to my mother my cousin was afraid of darkness; therefore everybody used to call him chicken. In our Indian culture, boys are supposed to be strong, fearless and have the courage to fight. Since he was a boy and didn’t have those characteristics, everybody used to make fun of him. My cousin was very innocent, calm,
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Oscar and my cousin have a lot of similarities as well as few differences. In the book, the very first chapter ‘GhettoNerd at the End of the World 1974-1987’ describes everything about Oscar and his life experiences. Oscar often faced different obstacles because of the way he looked. For example, the narrator starts off stating, “Our Hero was not one of those Dominican cats everybody’s always going on about- he wasn’t no home- run hitter or a fly bachatero, not a playboy with a million hots on his jock” (11). In other words, the author was saying based on Dominican culture men are supposed to be extremely good looking and handsome who can seek attention from any ladies and a playboy who can play with many hearts. But Oscar wasn’t like one of those boys, he was different. This example conveys that Oscar and my cousin are similar because their personality doesn 't match with the society’s expectation of a man. They both had a different personality which made them different from others and often times they were criticized by others. Furthermore, the narrator states, “Oscar had always been a young nerd - the kind of kid who read Tom Swift, who loved comic books and watched Ultraman” (20). In other word, Oscar used to do things that wasn’t expected from a Dominican kid. He was way distant from those typical Dominican guy’s characteristics and culture. My cousin always had less attraction towards sports and any other activities that a typical boy would do, instead he loved to read books, dictionaries and also horror poetry. Although Oscar and my cousin sounds way alike, they do also have some dissimilarity. For example Diaz states, “Dude never had much luck with the females (how very un-Dominican of him)” (12), which demonstrates that Oscar didn’t get much of attention from any girls that a normal Dominican boy would get
Oscar and my cousin have a lot of similarities as well as few differences. In the book, the very first chapter ‘GhettoNerd at the End of the World 1974-1987’ describes everything about Oscar and his life experiences. Oscar often faced different obstacles because of the way he looked. For example, the narrator starts off stating, “Our Hero was not one of those Dominican cats everybody’s always going on about- he wasn’t no home- run hitter or a fly bachatero, not a playboy with a million hots on his jock” (11). In other words, the author was saying based on Dominican culture men are supposed to be extremely good looking and handsome who can seek attention from any ladies and a playboy who can play with many hearts. But Oscar wasn’t like one of those boys, he was different. This example conveys that Oscar and my cousin are similar because their personality doesn 't match with the society’s expectation of a man. They both had a different personality which made them different from others and often times they were criticized by others. Furthermore, the narrator states, “Oscar had always been a young nerd - the kind of kid who read Tom Swift, who loved comic books and watched Ultraman” (20). In other word, Oscar used to do things that wasn’t expected from a Dominican kid. He was way distant from those typical Dominican guy’s characteristics and culture. My cousin always had less attraction towards sports and any other activities that a typical boy would do, instead he loved to read books, dictionaries and also horror poetry. Although Oscar and my cousin sounds way alike, they do also have some dissimilarity. For example Diaz states, “Dude never had much luck with the females (how very un-Dominican of him)” (12), which demonstrates that Oscar didn’t get much of attention from any girls that a normal Dominican boy would get