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Oscar Wao draws heavily from popular culture. Comics as well as fantasy, science fiction, role playing games, film and music - to the extent it can even be considered a culture odyssey of "geekfom" in 80's and 90's America The majority of comic book references in the novel are from DC comics and Marvel universe like global icons such as batman and superman and popular series like X-man, the Fantastic four and Watchmen one source I might use is : Desai, Ahmad. “Superheroes in Love: The Role of Alan Moore's Watchmen in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” Academia.edu , 22 Dec. 2014, www.academia.edu/19025540/Superheroes_in_Love_The_Role_of_Alan_Moore_s_Watchmen_in_The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao. The narrator of the Oscar sections is no stranger to a geeky allusion he repeatedly refers to himself as a Watcher yet he does not share in the same social awkwardness as Oscar in the book it shares a non-linear structure jumping back and forth in time ...
Hello Jesenia! This is a really good start to Essay 4. I also think your connection to softball is very strong because it’s current and personal. For your final draft, remember to choose at least one short story and two other pieces of literature we have read in class. Mother to Aon by Hughes is actually a poem, not a short story. You can still keep the connections you had with Mother to Sun because they’re great! Just be sure to add a short story and one other piece of literature to your final draft.
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Cat G.
Hey so I like how you will explain ur topic but be more specific in the INTRO on why it made readers really think about their lives. -Start the intro with an explanation on your theme first.
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