The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Explained in your opinion, using specific examples from the text, why you think Lola briefly chose junior as a romantic partner, even though she had a boyfriend? How did this relationship end, and what did junior do soon after their fling to make Lola thi

Explained in your opinion, using specific examples from the text, why you think Lola briefly chose junior as a romantic partner, even though she had a boyfriend? How did this relationship end, and what did junior do soon after their fling to make Lola think even less of him?

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Yunior becomes involved in Oscar’s story because he wants to date Oscar’s sister, Lola. In the hopes of gaining favor with Lola, Yunior agrees to be Oscar’s roommate at college. It is under Yunior’s watch that Oscar falls in love with Jenni, then is heartbroken when Jenni breaks up with him. On their last night together Oscar tries to kill himself. Yunior tries to distance himself from Oscar and does not live with him during the fall semester, but is drawn back to him and moves back in with him for the spring semester. By the end of Oscar’s life, Yunior is considered Oscar’s best friend. He is the last person that Oscar visits before he goes to Santo Domingo to visit Ybon one final time. After Oscar’s life is finished, it is Yunior who collects and stores all of Oscar’s notebook and writings in the hopes that Lola’s daughter will be able to use them to determine a cause and cure for the curse. Yunior is the narrator for the biggest part of the novel. He narrates his portions of the story in a voice that is very relaxed using a combination of street corner slang and Spanis.