He carries a tambourine, which acts as a sort of musical stress ball, and he makes up inventions to calm himself down. He only wears white, which he had read reflects light in the event of a nuclear attack. The Mysterious Key Oskar hangs the key next to the house key near his heart to symbolize keeping his dad close and their emotional connection. However, over the course of his quest, the key actually brings Oskar closer to New York as a city and the people who live there.
Although he never explains why, Oskar mentions that he only wears white clothing. The color black is used in the book often to describe mystery and complexity. Since the grandfather is unable to speak, he writes in notebooks that he carries around with him to write messages to people in order to communicate. In his letters he discusses his use of paper and how he is constantly filling and running out of white space. This is fitting because everything that was once simple and beautiful in his life has been tainted with calamity.
There is point where he runs completely out of blank space and words get closer and closer together until the entire page is completely black. Another of his inventions is a mood identifier where the chemical turns your skin to a color to tell you what you are feeling when you are unable to recognize what it is.
This further aids Oskar in communicating to the reader his feelings of despair. Jun 04, PM. Despite all of his anxiety, he keeps contacting people because:. And even though what he finds isn't exactly what he's looking for, it's not for lack of trying. This search kind of mirrors his Reconnaissance Expeditions; it forces him to be resourceful and independent, just like his father wanted him to be. Oskar's always been an odd, eccentric kid with a zillion obsessions and anxieties, but since his father's death, everything's much worse.
His father was always the one who could comfort him. He's a nervous wreck now, honestly, although he's found ways to cope with his anxiety.
He carries a tambourine, which acts as a sort of musical stress ball, and he makes up inventions to calm himself down. He only wears white, which he had read reflects light in the event of a nuclear attack. Even after a year, I still had an extremely difficult time doing certain things, like taking showers, for some reason, and getting into elevators, obviously. There was a lot of stuff that made me panicky, like suspension bridges, germs, airplanes, fireworks, Arab people in […] public places, scaffolding, sewers, […] smoke, knots, tall buildings, turbans.
He's anxious and fearful much of the time, and is always scanning the environment for possible danger. He's afraid of anything that triggers memories of that "worst day. His self-harm is a little call for help, as we see when Oskar writes that he wants his Mom to notice his bruises,. Even though I knew the view was incredibly beautiful, my brain started misbehaving, and the whole time I was imagining a plane coming at the building, just below us. I didn't want to, but I couldn't stop.
I imagined the last second, when I would see the pilot's face, who would be a terrorist. He's angry at the world and sometimes just gets overwhelmed. But Oskar would probably tell you that he isn't an emotional person; he thinks he's rational and scientific.
The one thing he does know is that he's really depressed. Plot Summary. LitCharts Teacher Editions. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts.
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