Bird Boy

The character Jamie, who was really James, plays a major role in the story. From the way the story is wrote, Jamie never really sees birds. The book states, "The things that he'd see fly by were never birds, but garbage bags hurled out the window from higher floors" (Durrow 17&18). I feel as if Jamie, just listens to sounds and wishes they were birds. I think that the word bird is a symbol in the story. Jamie, I believe just wanted to find piece due to his family issues, so therefore resorted to birds.

There are not many birds in the city. They are in parks but the birds there are usually seagulls and pidgins. Birds are peaceful place animals. Jamie saw something that he would never forget. He referenced the bodies as birds, because he wish he could see a bird, like the ones in the book. Jamie used his name was Brick because that is was made him feel comfortable. He did not like the life he is living, and searching for birds and changing his name gives him a different life. (Nicole Butzke, Post 5)