Oskar's Inventions

[Jimmy]

Oskar seems to come up with quite ridiculous inventions such birdseed jackets, the signs on the ambulance, the ability to carry your heartbeat in your pocket and so on....do you think there is a pattern at all in the inventions he creates?

[Chelsea]

I believe there is a pattern of Oskar wanting to hold onto possessions that keep him connected to people he cares about. This relates to his idea of the ambulance signs and collecting letters from many people.

[Jimmy]

yea I would agree, he wants to hold on to the present and not move on what so ever, for example he was offered coffee and he accepted just because it stints his growth, I found that funny but it also shows that he wants to stay trapped in the present and basically never wants to move or anyone close to him to move on, like his mother who likes Ron but Oskar hates Ron because he thinks his mother loves him instead of loving his father