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
This was a very good summary. Somthing that interests me is how the Grandmother has a feeling that her son is dead. I cant even think how i would act if i knew that my son was dead. I wouldnt be able to keep calm and be able to act like nothing was wrong just to not scare the little boy. That must of been so hard. Also the maturity of the young boy to not say anything to his grandmother about the messages he heard just reallly surprises me how mature he is for his age. This just goes along with our point of how smart and mature he is for his age.
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