How does the variety of images, layout, typography, and narrative voice affect your reading and understanding of the story up to this point. Select 1-2 specific examples to use in your response.

         One of the first books I remember reading and LOVING was Harry Potter, occasionally the text would change into someone else's handwriting or the print of a newspaper. It keeps the reader engaged. For example: in the book when Oskar recieves a letter from Ringo, the way the font looks makes you believe that you are in fact reading a real letter. It makes the experience more real than it would be in any other case.
        The font is not the only thing that matters in terms of keeping the reader engaged. Pictures also do this. Colors make it even better because it is so rare in this type of book. On the pages where there are names, and colors, and words shown (the ones that are supposed to be from the art supply store), it makes you want to look back at them and find the words that he mentioned. When he said that his father's name was on it I went back to the pages and found where it was.
       Something that is moderately common in books it to switch the narrator. The majority of this book is written with Oskar as the narrator, but occasionally it will switch to be from his grandparents' point of view. They explain their lives as they remember, and build upon each other. At this point in the book it is unclear what exactly the connection between Oskar's narrative and those of his grandparents is.