Riley Venne Post #2

          Oskar's grandparent's view on life as, nothing VS something, is quite literal in the sense that they don't look at life figuratively. Most people view life as a mystery, and they decide to live it without explanation, but Oskar's grandparents put a label on life, (Nothing VS Something). Their ability to live life with a label shows that they truly don't have any love toward one another. If Oskar's grandparents loved each other, they would not feel inclined to tape off sections of their house, so that they didn't have to deal with each other all the time.  Safran implements images of chaos, that greater emphasize the tention between oscars grandmother and grandfather when they were younger, in order to further enlighten the reader, of the relationship between the two characters.