In the beginning of the book, the writing was difficult for me to follow because it was very scattered and a little bit overwhelming. I didn’t feel much of an emotional connection in the start; which personally makes it tricky for me to fall into a book. Although, on page 68; when Oskar was discussing how he hid his fathers messages from his mother, that passage really took an emotional toll on me. “I knew I could never let my mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one of the most important raisons detre.” Even though the main focus, so far, is on Oskars relationship with his father, i think the love and support he has from his mother is  very important on how Oskar will make it through such a hard time.

            Oskar is very curios about why things the way they are. He is constantly questioning how certain things came to be and always proposing “ what if’s…” when an ambulance passed between his apartment building and his grandma’s, he goes off on a excursion about what life would be like if we could know who was in the ambulance and how severe the emergency was. He also goes off on a departure about the sizes of the pockets. These many thought processes; that he has very often throughout the book, make me wonder if these questioning feelings are apart of his autism or if he is naturally curious?