Walcott's Poem

Derek Walcott's poem prior to Diaz's novel was put in place for a reason. After reading the first part of the book, I have more insight to it's significance. In the novel, Oscar is not well liked. He carries with him his Dominican heritage and seems to be discriminated because of it. Walcott's poem also talks about the different backgrounds of America and that without a nation backing him, he is nothing. Both the poem and Diaz are trying to say that we need to come together and accept each others backgrounds.