Prior to listening to the interview with Junot Diaz, I thought Oscar Wao was just a fictional story with a little historical significance in the margins. However, I was greatly mistaken. Listening to Diaz gave me new insights and perspective on the entire story itself. Once, I listened to Diaz I had the unavoidable surge to read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, once more. I was amazed to see, how I thought sections of the novel were irrelevant, but in reality were necessary to make the story cohesive and thus allowed the story to make sense. Listening to Diaz, allowed me to make, multiple connections to the Oscar Wao, and how it is essentially an autobiography of sorts. What I mean by this is that every aspect of Oscar Wao, can be connected
