Meeting 2: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

May 15, 2008

Scheduled start time: 7:00pm
Actual start time: 7:59pm

**Member Finkler on time; Coppinger, Phan, E.Todd arrive 7:20pm; Austin, McGuire arrive 7:35pm; A.Todd did not read or attend--First warning officially issued

--Member Austin began meeting; claimed Oscar receiving SAT score as highlight of book; others disgusted

--Fuku discussion: fuku as excuse? --Finkler

--Was Beli a slut? More so than Lola?

--Thoughts on ending? Was relationship with grandma hooker neighbor legit to her? To him? Or was he just out for a fuck?


--How important was fuku? AC+ET=not that important; others found it central

--Character you identify with/like the most: Eric=Lola; Courtney=La Inca; Andrea=Lola; AC=Oscar; An=Oscar; Sarah=Yunior

--Side conversations--initiated by An and Sarah

--Fuku in America? Self-fulfilling prophecy?

--Beli a bitch? Claire Huxtable? Harriet Winslow?

--machismo stereotype

STARS
Courtney: 4
Adam C: 3.5
Andrea: 4
Sarah: 5
An: 4
Eric: 3.25

--footnotes tiresome? general agreement
--Spanish troublesome?

--Satisfied with ending?

--Was his life wondrous? not really, depends on fuku interpretation

NEXT BOOK DISCUSSION:

--Andrea, An, and Sarah focused on cosmetic discussion instead

--Andrea just tried to pick back-to-back books

--Eric picks...lots of disrespect shown..."Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" --Dave Eggers (try to meet by end of June)

--Meeting adjourned at 9:08pm by Member Austin