Oskar imagined that the talking tea kettle had three functions. He believed the talking tea kettle would;
Speak like his dad.
Could recite Hamlet.
Could sing the song "The Yellow Submarine."
Oskar is a character from the book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close." It is about a boy who loses who father during the September 11th attacks in New York City. He went on a quest in the city to find his father and the one place he didn't go was Hoboken.