Picking up where I last left off, Oskar finds this key in an envelope with the word “Black” written on it. The envelope was in his dad’s belongings and Oskar decides to go searching for where this key is used. Oskar ends up going to an art gallery and finding that his dad was there.
In this chapter, we see the extremes Oskar goes to to go out and search for anyone or anything to do with his dad. Oskar stays home and skips school for a few days and ends up lying to his mom. I had such a hard time imagining this young kid wandering round New York all by himself, with no one coming up or trying to make him go to school or go home. It seems kind of like an implausibility.
One thing I really enjoyed about this part of the book was all of the imagery and the quickness that goes along with Oskar’s mind. In the book I had there were also pages of pictures, the same pictures that were i his Stuff That Happened to Me book. The book so far is a very contemporary look on disaster, but also is a good picture of youth depression, and how this young boy copes with it.
I'm curious about the title of this blog entry...did your keyboard break? Face to keyboard moment? Sticky fingers??? Care to elaborate?
ReplyDeleteI think it is horrible that there is a young boy wondering around in such a large city. I mean you hear about kids disappearing all the time. I know its just a book but it still freaks me out to think about it!
ReplyDeleteHah, your "errr..." caught my attention... it was interesting. So how old is this boy? And is his father alive and he's trying to meet him or is he dead?
ReplyDeleteWell the title was all wonky when I was typin the blog; it put my cursor half way across the title bar to start with, even though nothing else was in the space, and when I posted the blog it just said errrrrrrr hahah.
ReplyDeleteAnd Liv the boy is nine years old, and his father is dead. He died in the World Trade Center during the attacks. Oskar is searchin New York City to find remnants of his dad and things his dad may have left him. He also found a key in his dad's belongings with the word "Black" on the envelope containing the key. So he's searching to whatever the key goes to.
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ReplyDeletejk, I do find it odd that the kid is allowed to wander around all by himself. But touching that he goes on a huge journey to find where the key fits to connect with his dad. I think it would be funny if it ends up being something dumb like a recipe to chili.