Where did the grandpa go?

[Michael]

i think that Anna is the grandma's sister and the grandpa is talking to Oskar's dad in those letters and he left the grandma to go find Anna, his true love.

[Jeff]

The grandpa is an over analytic man and he seems to of got himself caught in his own "rules". There relationship became fragmented and emotionless, along with their life of "nothings".

[Michael]

I feel like the rules were more of his wife's because do you remember how he got naked in front of her and she got mad even though it was a nothing space. I think he is the one that is hurting inside because his true love, Anna, is out there and he is with someone he isn't in love with. She is just an obstacle to get through to the light at the end of the tunnel.

[Jeff]

Yeah that's true... He has been holding on to every last breathe of her and show's minimum if any attention towards his wife.

[Michael]

Yea he is holding onto the very last breathe of her just like Oskar is holding onto the last breathe of his dad. Actually, it seems like Oskar is trying to do CPR on his dad and almost bring him back to life.

[Alexis]

The characters in this story have a very particular and peculiar fashion about them, which makes them stand out from other characters in other novels. I just finished the book today and the the broken relationships have remained consistent throughout. Think about it, every character in the book has a broken relationship except for Oskar's relationship with his father, which coincidentally just so happens to be the piece that connects all the characters together to form a "wholeness". Also, the Oskar's grandparents are the only things left from their past, which would explain why they stay together. It reminds them of the lives they used to have.

[Michael]

Yes that is true but I find it odd that Oskar, one of the strangest characters I have ever come across in a book, actually has one of the strongest relationships with another character I have ever experienced. Every relationship in life has some sort of problem, whether it is small or large. Nothing is perfect except for in your mind, which is why Oskar, and his grandfather uses such a strong imagination to create their own "perfect" world. And it sucks to say this, but Oskar's relationship with his father was pretty much perfect until he past away, which goes to show you there are broken pieces in every type of relationship in life.

[Alexis]

While there isn't a single character that is perfect, what I meant to bring into the light was the fact that Oskar's relationship with his father was made more "pure" because of the other characters' relationships in the background of the story. Oskar is strange, but he also has a brilliance to him that makes it redeemable while maintaining a sort of innocence.

[Jeff]

Yeah Oscars innocence is demonstrated thoroughly through his naive and curious nature which I think is interesting because it goes hand in hand with his brilliance. Bringing it full circle, the grandpa exhibits the same sense of imagination through his intelligence that little Oscar does with his curiosity.