California State University Northridge Contemporary Literature Discussion

I’m working on a english writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

1. Choose a story to analyze. I suggest you shouldn’t take question if you haven’t read these books.

Auster, The Book of Illusions

OR

Frazier, Thirteen Moons

OR

Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

2. Once you have chosen a story, pick a recurring theme that is present in all three stories. You may use any theme for any story you have chosen.

THEME’S

the fragmentation and isolation of contemporary life

OR

the unstable nature of “Truth.”

OR

the relationship between the past and the present

3. Then once you have chosen both (story & theme), write three to four paragraphs on how your selected theme is addressed in the story you have chosen.

Ex; One of the recurring themes of contemporary literature is the relationship between the past and the present.

How is this theme addressed in The Book of Illusions, Thirteen Moons, or The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao?