- What are your thoughts about Oskar at this point in the novel, after "Heavier Boots"? Do you sympathize with him? Are you critical of him? Choose a specific action of his as the basis for your comment.
At this point in the novel I do sympathize with Oskar. He is just a nine year old boy who lost his father without warning and now has no father figure in his ilfe at all because his grandpa walked out on his grandma. It is not only terrible that he lost his father, but he was also closer to his father than his mother. He expressed this more than he wished to do so when he screamed, "If I could have chosen, I would have chosen you!" (170) This wasn't what Oskar wanted to say, but it was the truth. Especially now, Oskar does not believe that she is grieving his father, Thomas, but she has moved on. This is why he stated, "It's just that you don't act like you miss him very much" (170). Also Oksar believe that his mom has moved onto another man and asks, "Why are you in love with Ron?" (171) Also I feel sympathetic for Oskar because all he wants to do is figure out the mystery of the key and he really has not any progress so far and it is really killing him inside because all he has to live for now if figuring it out and being in Hamlit, which he does not even play a major role in.
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