Oskar had not touched that phone since his father died because his father's last words had been on an identical answering machine which Oskar had kept hidden from his mother. Eight months after Oskar initially met Abby, he finds a message from her on the answering machine. The book spans many months of Oskar's journey, some of which he was accompanied by his elderly neighbour, Mr. (We learn towards the end of the book that "The renter" is actually Oskar's grandfather.)
Toward the end of his journey Oskar meets an old man he calls "the renter" because until the point of meeting, Oskar had only heard of the old man's existence from his Grandmother who referred to him as the new tenant in her apartment. Oskar and Abby instantly become friends, but she has no information on the key. One of the first people Oskar meets is a 48-year-old woman named Abby Black. Curious, Oskar sets out on a mission to contact every person in New York City with the last name of Black in the hope of finding the lock that belongs to the key his father left behind. One day, in his father's closet, Oskar finds a key in a small envelope inside a vase that he accidentally broke in the keyshop he finds the name Black and thinks this has something to do with the key. He often describes the feeling of depression as wearing heavy boots, and deals with this by giving himself bruises. Since his father's death, Oskar struggles with insomnia, panic attacks, and depression. The novel begins after the tragedy, with Oskar narrating. Oskar Schell is a nine-year-old boy whose father, Thomas Schell, died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001. The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde And Other Stories.The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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