Complicates Moreover Trujillo Analysis

Furthermore, even though their Oscar, Yunior and Lola’s writing and narrative style and choice of topic is very distinct, one cannot deny the nexus the narrators share: they can be compared to the ocean and shore; i.e., both narrators are different, but impossible to separate. Furthermore, even though their stories are dissimilar creating distinct atmospheres, comparatively, Lola, comes across as someone who is frustrated and angry, because she prefers perfection over and above everything else. At the same time she rebels and struggles with her female identity in a male dominated society. Sepulveda Fremio mentions, “Yunior replicates moreover Trujillo’s macho ideology when he repeatedly reduces Beli to her body, to an object that attracts …show more content…
In addition, their superior (masculine) positions backdrop puts them in a contradictory position, compelling them to frequently ponder between love, sex, and death. For example, in the Gangster’s situation, Diaz tries to understand the essence of power and infinity. That is, on one hand, he (Diaz) seeks death-defying or immortality, and on the other hand, he has a gut feeling of uncertainty. The Trujillo is all about restrictions, crime, and murder. The footnotes says, “Trujillo came to control nearly every aspect of the DR’s political, cultural, social, and economical life through a potentn(and familiar) mixture of violence, intimidation, massacre, rape, co-optation, and terror; treated the country like it was a plantation and he was the master” (2). Just like how Trujillo era functions, Gangster followed Trujillo’s footsteps to fulfill his desires, Donne’s position is also transitory and susceptible to change even though he is in a constant connection with his girlfriend Beli’s soul. Quite evidently, there is a constant battle between what he (Gangster) wants to do and what he needs to do in order to adjust with the …show more content…
For instance, they can be compared to the ocean and shore; i.e., they are different, but impossible to separate. In fact, even though the stories of their lives are dissimilar creating distinct atmospheres, their very emotions also cause the readers’ to emotionally react in many different ways. From an academic perspective, Gangster’s language is much more difficult to comprehend than Yunior’s. Comparatively, Gangster, comes across as someone who is frustrated and angry. This is evident from the way he builds his position into the women’s world. In fact, as we have already seen, Yunior compares women with “sex objects”, implying that a man is only superficially pleased, while his soul remains untouched. Therefore, to Gangster, it may seem that the role of women is far from angelic. In contrast, however, Yunior’s world revolves around women, and as an obvious example, this can be observed from this