Londonstani by Gautam Malkani and Oscar in A Brief Wondrous Life of Osc

According to James Baldwin, run-in connects whiz to or divorces one from society (454). It causes the desire to be accepted by both the undercover world and the globe world. However, acceptance cannot be achieved when both clandestine personal personal individuality and public identity are displayed at the same time. The previous avowal results in complete isolation by neither displaying ones private identity nor conforming to public identity. Another consequence of that arguing is ultimate conformity by suppressing ones private identity and true self. In the case of the maven in Londonstani by Gautam Malkani and Oscar in A Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Daz, their languageverbal and demeanouralreveals their isolation and conformity within their communities. Oscar de Len, the protagonist in A Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, is isolated from his community because of his behavior that he neither proudly displays nor swops to meet societys wants. Osca r comes from a very influential Dominican family. In his community, Dominican custody are typically smooth talking, naturally social, and woman-crazy men. They rarely encounter a problem having to do with women or fitting in. Oscar, however, does not fit the generalisation for Dominican men. He is more intellectually active than physically or sexually active. He stays in his room watching mend whohis favorite science fiction show and writing journal entries as opposed to chasing girls. He does not suppress his actions and neither does he change them. In his community, such behavior constitutes him as an anomaly to Dominican behavior and isolates him from those who follow the typical Dominican standard. Oscar further shows his isolation through his be... ...goes to articulate that each language will very well have their birth public identity which will be considered a private identity to anyone who does not speak the language. When choosing to have private identity, one must build that the public will rarely accept it. Thus, one must be willing to accept the cost of choosing such a lifestyleisolation. Likewise, when choosing public identity, one must give up who they truly are in order to fully conform to what the public expects. As seen through the lives of Oscar and Jas, private identity and public identity will never coexist. Works CitedDaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Rotten English a literary anthology. By Dohra Ahmad. New York W.W. Norton & Co., 2007.Malkani, Gautam. Londonstani. Rotten English a literary anthology. By Dohra Ahmad New York W.W. Norton & Co., 2007.