February 22

Biographical Index:
Robert Caret: Education, Towson University President
Brandon Synder: Sports, Baseball
Penelope Cruz: Entertainment, Actress
Dr. Mojtaba Gashti: Health, Chief Vascular Surgeon @ Union Memorial
Eileen Ambrose: Business, Money
Allan H. Kittleman: Politics, Republican Senate
Barack Obama: Politics, President
Julia Roberts: Entertainment, Actress

A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike objects or events. The picture that I chose is of the man falling on page 205. This picture shows how Oskar's father died on 9/11 and I think that this picture also relates to how Oskar truly feels about his father's death. This picture compares the depth of Oskar's feelings to the distance of the man falling. The farther the man falls, the deeper Oskar's feelings grow towards the death of his father. Oskar has never really had a chance to talk about how he feels about his father's death until now and I find it quite odd that his own mother didn't bother to ask him about it sooner. All along Oskar is feeling neglect from his mother and a mixture of things from the death of his father, and he has not had the chance to properly cope with his feelings until now. The one thing I wonder about is what happens to Oskar when he hits rock bottom? We obviously know that the man falling in the picture dies when he reaches the ground, will the same thing be true for Oskar's attempts of having a normal childhood? Is he going to be admitted into a mental institution or is he going to grow up with obvious symptoms of a mental disorder that go unnoticed?