ELIC end. and FFN

1. Oskar's sense of self is greatly enhanced because of his search. In his quest he encountered people of all different backgrounds, beliefs and struggles. He realizes that his pain is not unique and that it is shared by all those who have experienced loss. His pain is no greater than anyone else's. He also learns to forgive his mom and himself for the tension in their relationship that his fathers death caused. When Oskar goes to Mr. Blacks apartment to get Mr. Blacks biographical index card. He stumbles upon his own. It has one word on it: Son. I think that gave Oskar a great sense of self.

2. I think Thomas Schell discovers a second chance. He missed a life with his own son. He missed out on raising Oskars father and helping Oskars grandmother. I feel like Thomas is connecting with his grandson as a way to make up for past transgressions. He wants to be there for Oskar in his search for his father, because no one was there for Thomas's own son, when he left.

3. Fast food has been a relatively small part of my life. My parents make a lot of my meals at home. I didn't really start eating fast food a lot until a couple of year ago when I got my license and a job. I was out either going to work from school, or hanging out with friends. Fast food became an easy alternative to actually getting a healthy meal. Since then I have toned down my consumption of fast food. I eat it maybe twice a month if I can't make it home for a meal. But, I don't believe it has had a large impact on my personal life.

4. I don't think that I have been affected anymore than i thought before, even after reading. I guess I was a little bit shielded from corporate marketing aimed at kids. I didn't have cable until about eighth grade, and as I said before my parents were never big on the whole fast food thing. I guess to a certain extent the playlands and toys packaged with meals had an affect on the place I wanted to eat when the rare occasion popped up. But I don't feel like I was greatly affected by fast food's "synergy" or children's marketing.