Question

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes, but I couldn’t sleep, not after hours, and it made my boots lighter to be around his things, and to touch stuff that he had touched, and to make the hangers hang a little straighter, even though I knew it didn’t matter. How does the narration affect Oskar’s credibility in this excerpt?

Answer 1

His efforts to heal render him earnest and genuine 

Answer 2

B -His efforts to soothe himself render him earnest and genuine