Sometimes it can be hard for people to say what they think. There are things they want to tell people but can’t or don’t know how. There should be a hat that could speak those thoughts for them. It would detect their brain waves and translate them into speech, and then play the words with a computerized voice from a speaker at the front of the hat. You could put it on or take it off whenever you wanted.
Oskar could use this hat because there are a lot of things he wishes he could tell people but doesn’t. Keeping these thoughts to himself only isolates him and makes it harder for him to cope with his grief because his loved ones have a harder time understanding everything he’s going through. He wants to tell his mom about what happens to him, for example. He says, “I wanted to tell her all of the lies that I’d told her…And then I wanted to tell her about the phone” (324). The hat would help him get painful and difficult thoughts out of his head and into speech. Sharing thoughts such as these eventually helps Oskar come to terms with his grief. This hat could be useful to him for overcoming more of his grief in the future, because he would be able to share what he’s going through with other people.
This device would be great for Oskar. Sometimes we have things that we need to say but can't express them eloquently through speech. This device would be perfect for those situations.
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