The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Meet Oscar de Leon. Long ago, back in elementary school, Oscar was a clever Dominican child, who seemed to have a typical life ahead (Stetler 26). Then, around the time he hit puberty, Oscar got a lot of weight, felt uncomfortable, both physically and socially, and is deeply interested in what made him an outcast among his peers (sci-fi novel, comic books, Dungeons and Dragons , write novels, etc.) (Muchnick 89) It was particularly unfortunate Dr. Who Halloween costume gets a nickname Oscar Wao for the costume similar to another Oscar: playwright Oscar Wilde (Wao ...