Tuesday, March 6, 2012
a simple solution to an impossible problem
This is the day after Oskar and the renter dug up his grandfather's coffin, and Oskar discovered that Mr. Black is gone. He also discovers that Abby Black left him a message (that got interrupted and lost) eight months ago. The reason why Oskar never answered his machine is because he was too stubborn and nervous to answer it. So when Oskar heard the message he visited Abby, and he found out that Abby's ex-husband knew about the key. YES! it took long enough. His name is William Black, and hehas been looking for the blue vase with the key in it for over two years. William had sold the vase to Oskar’s Dad two years before. Oskar’s Dad had said it was an anniversary present for his wife and that they were going out for dinner. The night after William had sold the vase, he discovered there was a key in it that opened a box at the bank.
Oskar desides to visit his grandmother, but she wasnt home. The renter was there and oskar tells him all about the story of the key. Oskar also told him about all the people he met and what he learned from them. He also let the renter hear the messages his dad left on the message machine. I still dont understand why the boy would tell the renter about the key and why would he let him listen to the messages his dad left him. That really confueses me, i just dont understand why he tells him. If that were me i wouldnt telll him all about the key. When grandpa writes one final letter to his son even though he died 2 years ago, he writes about how when he read the newspaper about his son dying that he decided to go back to New York to mourn and live again. He then gets in touch with Grandma and she allows him to stay in the guest room. He also admits to following oskar around while he was going to visit all the blacks. I think that it is interesting how the grandma still lets him stay in the guest room after him leaving her when he found out she was pregnant. Also i think it is interesting that grandpa admits to following oskar around.
Friday, February 24, 2012
NExt chapter
Grandma is writing her letters to Oskar. She is now telling about when she heard about 9/11. She was one of the people who saw the second plane hit the tower, but she wasn’t worried because Thomas junior was at the store. His mom called and she told his grandma that she was worried: Thomas junior had had a meeting in one of the towers and she hadn’t heard from him yet. The Grandma explains how she went across the road to look after Oskar and that she finally found him hiding beneath his bed. She decided to lie next to Oskar under the bed so she doesn’t feel alone. The Grandma has a feeling that her son has died. When Oskar’s mother gets home, Oskar tells her that there were no messages on the answering machine, even though he knows there are messages. He doesn't want his family to hear what he heard. This shows some of Oskar's maturity. On the day of the funeral, his Grandma gets a message from his Grandpa, he is back but he hadn’t heard anything from him since he left. Every day she had received an empty envelope from him though.
Mallory
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
What's this all about?
Let's try to go further than plot summary and look at what this story (author) is
trying to accomplish. Are there emotional reactions that occur at certain
points? Are there passages that are more meaningful than others? What
is the author's intention in different scenes? How are characters
developing? What is being presented about relationships, understanding of life, growing, family... What is O's real world?
Monday, February 20, 2012
Blog 2
Oskar's grandmother writes him a letter from the airport. In the letter she tealls him about her past and how she got a letter from a prisoner. Then she writes about how she met his gradpa. The letter that his grandfather is writng to his unborn child is talked about again. That letter is all about him and his wife. Something that i find really interesting is how smart the boy is. he seems really awkward just because he is so smart. He knows a lot of stuff for his age, and the realtionship with his dad was on a very intellectual level. I like how he goes back and talks about the things he use to do with his dad. I think that this boy
Why I'n Not Where You Are 5-21-63 and Heavier Boots
In Why I'm not Where... Oskar's grandfather is writing a letter to his unborn child is being continued. He tells how his and his wife (Oskar's grandmother) is very rule oriented. In my lifetime I've never seen people so rule oriented as described in the book. It just shows how analytically "boring and strict" they are. There are literally just so many rules. The chapter give a little back story to why the grandfather left the grandmother. In Heavier Boots, Oskar finally puts on his production to the play Hamlet. A bunch of the "Blacks" show up. He is currently still on the A's. They all show up to his fist performance because he has befriended most of them, but as each performance goes on, fewer and fewer people came until his grandmother was the only one left. Now she was kind of being a disruptive audience member and kids in the play were mocking her so he got mad and he had this scene in his head that i thought related to Hamlet. He had gone mad in his head just like Hamlet. After the play, he meets the next black, a 91 or a 92 year old hermit named Abe who hasn't left his house in 24 years (wife died 24 years ago) and Mr. Black has a biographical index with card for everyone who might need a reference one day. Like Tom Cruise = MONEY, steven hawking's is astrophysics, but he does not have one for his father, but oskar still asks Mr. Black to help him with his quest and he does and finally gets him out of the house. I loved the chapter but one thing thing that i thought was weird was how easily oskar got him out of the house
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Googoplex
The main character in the story is a nine-year-old boy names Oskar Schell. He is a curious and sensitive child, with a crazy imagination that is sometimes a little out there. His father died two years earlier on 9/11 and was a pacifist, vegan, and a musician who played the tambourine. His father was very intelligent and a very earnest man. Oskar plans on searching for what the key he found means. He found it in a blue vase in his father's closet. The grandmother also plays a role in Oskar's life in much of the story. His grandparents are German and much of the heritage is relevant throughout the beginning. The story is presented as a series of letters addressed to Oskar or his dad.
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