Trujillo Analysis

Even though Trujillo was not a heavy part of the book anywhere so far, he was like a shadow of the book, a hidden main character. Without Trujillo, the story being told here would certainly be different. Since he was the reason everything happened in this book, he automatically plays an important role not only in Beli’s family but also on everyone living in Santo Domingo. For example, when Beli was in school, a teacher asked his class to write about what each student expected to happen or change in the next decade. One of the students wrote about hoping Trujillo’s atrocities could come to an end in the new decade. “The next day both he and the teacher were gone” (97). This line shows us a consequence even on people who thought about something that was against him. It reinforces my idea that Trujillo is a shadow of the book in one way because, from that line, it seems like Trujillo was shadowing everyone in the country using his supernatural power. We could assume that if Trujillo was behind everyone in the Dominican Republic, he was also present in chapter four in Oscar’s life.
As we previously discussed, Trujillo was always present in Beli’s life and that there is a clear linkage between him and the fuku. It is without doubt that his supernatural power also extended to Oscar’s generation, especially on Oscar. We have learned from the first chapter that a curse was cast on him and was effective since he broke up with both of his girlfriends. It is apparent that he is still suffering from the curse from Trujillo when he was in college. However, Oscar is too young to experience Trujillo’s …show more content…
He was present in chapter 4 as a curse passed on from Beli. He was also present in this chapter as a curse to Oscar himself and eventually lead him to attempt suicide. So far, we talked about and discussed how Trujillo affected Beli and Oscar’s life. I would like to know how Trujillo’s curse altered Lola’s