Area of Interest

The area that I am going to explore is the idea something/nothing and how Stephen Hawking ties into Oskar's life.

Questions regarding POI:
Is nothing something? or is it something that makes it nothing?
Why are there nothing spaces in the grandma's home? What do they represent?
Does Oskar's loss make him nothing?
Why does Oskar feel such a connection to Stephen Hawking?
Why does Stephen Hawking matter even though he doesn't have a voice?
Is life itself nothing or something?

Passages to explore:

"Stephen Hawking's"letter to Oskar at the end
Grandma's story with the creation of nothing spaces
What Oskar writes to Stephen Hawking about