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RE: 3. Group F---jhartley27

jpomerleau26 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:58:16 +0000

In “The Tyrant’s Daughter” by J. C. Carleson, Laila’s father wasn’t a good man in public and he got killed, but had a great relationship with his family. His death caused the family to have to move to the United States. Ever since that, they’ve had to deal with the image of their father and the entire family is trying to separate themselves from him. Unfortunately, everyone is giving them a really hard time about it and are still bringing up the past. Laila is forced to deal with her father’s mistakes over and over again.

laila moved to the us and left everything behind when her dad died then she moved to the us to forget and move on.

RE: 3. Group F---ghubble27 (replacement)

jpomerleau26 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:53:14 +0000

in my book she she pressured by her dead dad with people always asking about it

RE: 3. Group F---jdixon27

jpomerleau26 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:46:18 +0000

in my book they start talking about her dad and asking her stuff when her dad is no longer around.

RE: 2. Group C---jgustafson27

nhatala27 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:11:13 +0000

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao focuses on Oscar de Leon, a very nerdy and overweight Dominican boy who struggles to find a girlfriend and loves writing and novels. When he finally falls in love after being alone for so long after he moves to the Dominican Republic. And the boyfriend of the girl that he is in love with “captain” who ends up having Oscar killed in a field because he wouldn't stop seeing her.My character values his self awareness and takes pride in knowing his place compared to others and often thinks hes intellectually superior just because of this. But he stops being self aware when he meets Ybon and he changes his mind set and stops listening to reason and does anything it takes to chase after her. “Shouldn't you be looking for a girlfriend? I got one. He said. She’s the girlfriend of my mind. A jealous Third wold cop boyfriend?”(Diaz 291)

RE: 2. Group C---jsmith27

nhatala27 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:09:10 +0000

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao focuses on Oscar de Leon, a very nerdy and overweight Dominican boy who struggles to find a girlfriend and loves writing and novels. When he finally falls in love after being alone for so long after he moves to the Dominican Republic. And the boyfriend of the girl that he is in love with “captain” who ends up having Oscar killed in a field because he wouldn't stop seeing her.My character never really struggles with language problems because he grew up in new jersey and the Dominican Republic so none of these places are new to him. “But if I’ve learned anything in my travels it’s that a person can get used to anything.”(Diaz 289)

RE: 2. Group E---lfortier27

nhatala27 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:06:25 +0000

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao focuses on Oscar de Leon, a very nerdy and overweight Dominican boy who struggles to find a girlfriend and loves writing and novels. When he finally falls in love after being alone for so long after he moves to the Dominican Republic. And the boyfriend of the girl that he is in love with “captain” who ends up having Oscar killed in a field because he wouldn't stop seeing her. A hard decision that my protagonist had to make was choosing to follow his love to the Dominican Republic even though his family has a horrible past there. “I never wanted to come back to Santo Domingo. But after I was let go from jail i had trouble paying back the people I owed, and my mother was sick, and so I just came back.“(Diaz 289)

RE: 2. Group F---lgallagher27

jdixon27 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:25:58 +0000

The main character Jende is an immigrant from Cameroon , he and his family moved to Harlem NY hoping for a better life. Jende gets a job as a chauffeur for the Lehman Brothers owned by Clark Edwards. His wife Neni is a college student and is in college to become a pharmacist. Jende works through the hardships of being an immigrant family hoping to find the “American Dream” in New York. The book mentions the financial hardship a lot too. The book slightly switches focus to the owner of Lehman Brothers. We read that Clark faces massive debt and falls into a hole of always working and becomes very absent from his family and wife. Neni ends up getting offered a job in the Hampton by the Edwards family as a housekeeper. Clark's wife Cindy turns to alcohol and painkillers due to her husband's absence, Neni ends up finding Cindy in that state and realizes she needs help. Jende is currently facing an ongoing immigration case that he seems to be struggling with since his lawyer keeps charging him little fees and sending him into more financial downfall. Clark's Business the Lehman Brothers ends up going bankrupt despite his efforts. In my book there isn't "someone" that is necessarily against my main character Jende but its the situation he's in that's against him, Jende has all the legal papers he needs but still isn't fully accepted, "In America today, having documents is not enough." (Mbue 307) The real antagonist is the system itself and not a person.

RE: 2. Group F---mrossignol27

jdixon27 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:11:25 +0000

The main character Jende is an immigrant from Cameroon , he and his family moved to Harlem NY hoping for a better life. Jende gets a job as a chauffeur for the Lehman Brothers owned by Clark Edwards. His wife Neni is a college student and is in college to become a pharmacist. Jende works through the hardships of being an immigrant family hoping to find the “American Dream” in New York. The book mentions the financial hardship a lot too. The book slightly switches focus to the owner of Lehman Brothers. We read that Clark faces massive debt and falls into a hole of always working and becomes very absent from his family and wife. Neni ends up getting offered a job in the Hampton by the Edwards family as a housekeeper. Clark's wife Cindy turns to alcohol and painkillers due to her husband's absence, Neni ends up finding Cindy in that state and realizes she needs help. Jende is currently facing an ongoing immigration case that he seems to be struggling with since his lawyer keeps charging him little fees and sending him into more financial downfall. Clark's Business the Lehman Brothers ends up going bankrupt despite his efforts. Clark risks his relationship with his family , risks his business and mental health by putting all his time into his failing company, a quote that shows this is, "Clark sighing and hammering on his laptop as if the keys were obstinate. He seemed to have gotten older by ten years in seven days--a deep crease suddenly evident on his forehead--and Jende couldn't stop wondering why the man was doing this too himself, why, with all the money he'd made, he couldn't pick up and go live a quote stress-free life somewhere far away from New York City."(Mbue 176)

RE: 3. Group F---jdixon27

jdixon27 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:42:36 +0000

That's a tough situation , in my book one of the characters pushes through hardship and tries to save his failing business but even after his effort his business failed and went bankrupt.

RE: 3. Group F---jdixon27

jdixon27 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:40:11 +0000

that's an intresting scene , my book dosent face issues like that necessarily but there has been instances were my main character Jende has been "picked on" by co-workers