tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post1565684696410858187..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: Oskar The Unreliable Mrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-38694616662770242382012-09-08T19:45:56.182-05:002012-09-08T19:45:56.182-05:00I wonder if Grass is trying to use Oskar's gro...I wonder if Grass is trying to use Oskar's growth and development or lack therof as a metaphor for how most people mature. Oskar is born with his mind fully functioning, the implication being that he has already planned the course his life will follow i.e. he will not grow and his going to be a drummer. I think Grass may be attacking the preconceived notions people form and cling to without any rational support. I think this ties into the theme we discussed about in class of Grass portraying the typical 20th century person as apathetic and easily misguided.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13822471654960563759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-8952680552819003722012-09-08T15:08:29.126-05:002012-09-08T15:08:29.126-05:00While much of what Oskar says, and does may be unr...While much of what Oskar says, and does may be unreliable, his recantations of historical happenings seem to be accurate and reliable. Perhaps Grass purposely uses this to portray the confusion that German people felt, while being surrounded by World WAr II's destruction. wkuehnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140410457017078868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-20940902478341729252012-09-07T08:12:49.530-05:002012-09-07T08:12:49.530-05:00I agree with Mitchell. Oskar is indeed an unreliab...I agree with Mitchell. Oskar is indeed an unreliable narrator. An example of this is when Lina Greff is raped by the Russian "liberators". I find it interesting that Oskar would portray such a heinous act in such a nonchalant way. Why would he do this? What problem does he have that would allow him to focus on a line of ants while such a terrible thing is happening? Was it because maybe he was terrified by the rape and tried to focus on something else, although one could certainly not deduce this from the way he portrays it...?Ian Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01923190097671542811noreply@blogger.com