Jaimie is an interesting character as he doesn't really have an affect on Rachel's family in the story, yet he witnessed the bodies fall from the sky. I would like to go out on a limb about Jaime's personality and spirit. I think that he changed his name to brick because a brick is heavy, weighted down with no ability to fly away. A brick blends in with all the other bricks even if it has its own unique personality on the inside because it has to be able to survive in a hostile environment.
However, it is my belief that Jaime becomes fascinated with birds because they have the ability to fly. Birds can fly and escape their situation if needed. Although the book states that the things that Jaime saw were never really birds, but the garbage bags from the upper apartments. I still think that he thought if he were able to reach one of those places like a bird he would be able to escape and his fascination with the family that fell comes from this. It could be that he is so engrossed with the family because he might of thought that they had the same idea as he did, reach a high place like the roof, similar to the birds and then you may fly away and escape your situation. (Shawn Parkhurst, 5)
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