How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I haven't always been silent, I used to talk and talk and talk and talk, I couldn't keep my mouth shut, the silence overtook me like a cancer. (2.1)
Grandpa is silent, and he has to write everything down in order to communicate. But from his way of writing, all the comma splices, like we're writing right now, we can tell that he used to be a person that would talk and talk and talk, he writes like he must have talked.
Quote #2
I got out of bed, went over to the window, and picked up the walkie-talkie. (3.54)
Oskar and his Grandma stay close by communicating via walkie-talkie. It's a handy way for Oskar to keep in touch with her, because he's afraid of using the phone. The walkie-talkie allows for a bit of distance, which is more comfortable for Oskar. It's a clever work-around for his fear of phones.
Quote #3
Sometimes [Grandma will] write notes for me on her window, which I can see through my binoculars, and once Dad and I spent a whole afternoon trying to design a paper airplane that we could throw from our apartment into hers. (3.57)
It's interesting that Oskar and his Grandma were communicating in this way before his Dad died. He probably wasn't afraid of the phone then. Why do you think they experimented with communication in this way?