To understand Oscar and at the same time not worry about all the extra interior problems that is every woman in his life the author adjusts the perspective of the book his. As Oscar’s roommate his junior year, Yunior, learns a lot about Oscar by just being around him and reading Oscar’s journal. It is sad that someone who reads someone else’s journal did not know if they were thinking about committing suicide but that’s just the way the story played out.
Yunior did this mostly because he was in love with Lola for a reason he did not know just one of those connections. So being around Oscar the whole time trying to help him out every so often was to no avail as Oscar tended down his suicidal path with the woman. At one point Yunior got caught up in his own “game” and it lead to his girlfriend finding out he has been cheating on her.
This lead to a lot of alone time with Oscar until one day he decides he wants to change Oscar’s life, at this point I was ignorant thinking that he’s going to lose the weight and eventually everything will be ok. Although that did seem to happen it was short lived as Oscar went back to eating a lot and writing his novels. Yunior eventually shunned him out making an awkward roommate relationship.
The last straw for Oscar was when he fell in love with a goth and eventually was head over heels for her. This turned out just like the Ana situation where things once again got caught up and lead to him getting a bunch of sanctions and being known as crazier than ever. From that point he attempted suicide after having a magical vision right before his leap, where he did not die but suffered a lot of physical damages. Eventually as he healed up to a new man he in turn did lose some of the weight as well showing some progress. Also Yunior eventually truly asks out Lola.
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