The filtering of tragedy through a child’s eyes is always an effective ploy.ETGAR KERET : fly already
T he innocence of the child contrasted with the serious events of the story is a nice combination. And that’s quite a trick on Keret’s part. Can use it also as a template for a child and woman looking at an incident happening to a girl. Child Reacting/ mis-interpreting. Mother's emotional reaction. Flashback of why that emotional reaction. The need to tell the girl that P.T. sees him first. We’re on our way to the park to play ball when he suddenly says, “Daddy, look!” His head is tilted back and he’s squinting hard to see something far above me, and before I can even begin to imagine an alien spaceship or a piano about to fall on our heads my gut tells me that something really bad is happening. But, when I turn to see what P.T. is looking at, all I notice is an ugly, four-story building covered in plaster and dotted with air-conditioners, as if it had some kind of skin disease. The sun is hanging directly above it, blinding me, and as I’m trying to get a better angle I hear P.T.