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

According to James Baldwin, language connects one to or divorces one from society (454). It causes the desire to be selected by both the private world and the public world. However, acceptance cannot be achieved when both private identity and public identity are displayed at the same time. The precedent statement results in complete isolation by neither displaying ones private identity nor seting to public identity. Another consequence of that statement is ultimate conformity by suppressing ones private identity and true self. In the case of the protagonist in Londonstani by Gautam Malkani and Oscar in A Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Daz, their languageverbal and behavioralreveals 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 changes to meet societys wants. Oscar comes from a very prestigi ous Dominican family. In his community, Dominican men are typically smooth talking, naturally social, and woman-crazy men. They rarely encounter a problem having to do with women or trying on in. Oscar, however, does not fit the generalization for Dominican men. He is more intellectually active than physically or sexually active. He stays in his direction watching Doctor 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 study that each language will very well have their own 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 realize that the public w ill 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. ill-smelling 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.