Reading 2 Yes/No

Reading 2 finds our young, ambitious, protagonist frolicking around New York City looking for clues pertaining to the mysterious envelope labeled "Black." While Oskar tries to conjure clues out of everything, a parallel story emerges of Oskar's grandfather and his story. We learn about how he lived silently with Oskar's grandmother and how he, on a random day, abandoned his pregnant wife. It was completely selfish of him to abandon her and never look back. She gave him love and worked with him to find a balance in both their lives so that they could live together, one silent the other not, in harmony. To ditch her was irresponsible, and completely selfish as he had no right to just up and leave. Nothing she did encroached on him or his ways, as she accommodated him and made it possible for them to live together. Also, who in their right mind would leave a pregnant wife to go live alone somewhere else. He is a sorry man afraid to confront his fears and troubles in life and decided to take the easy way out of everything by just giving up.