He stayed in his room, though sometimes he would lamely try to ask me what was going on. Nothing. You can tell me, Lola, he said, and I could only laugh. You need to lose weight, I told him.
misdirection
- oscar focused inward on himself, oblivious to the pain around him, convinced his poor luck is the result of a curse, etc.
- his sister fully aware of the reality of what’s going on, unable to look away, and protective of oscar
— but, tragically, oscar internalizes this misdirection — it makes him spiral further inward
