Lola struggles with her identity from "summary" of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Lola was always on a quest to figure out who she really was. She grew up in the shadow of her mother, Belicia, whose beauty and mysterious past seemed to define her. Lola, on the other hand, felt like an outsider in her own family. She was caught between two worlds - the Dominican culture of her parents and the American culture she was surrounded by every day. As Lola got older, she tried on different identities like a series of costumes, hoping that one would finally fit her just right. She rebelled against her mother's strict rules and expectations, but also felt a deep sense of loyalty to her family and their traditions. She wanted to be free, but she also wanted to belong. Lola's search for her identity was complicated by the men in her life. She was drawn to dangerous and unpredictable figures like Jack Pujols, who offered her...
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