Therefore, plan B was about a moving to this specific district. Good district school is usually a sign of rich households’ area. Hence, rent a house is more expensive here. Mom’s salary is the only source of family’s budget, Dad does not pay. To keep within the budget, the mother decides to move into the only house with relatively low rent. Rent is low because the house has a bad reputation. And this is because of old neighbor which is presumably mad.
The old neighbor’s house is very old too. Probably, all old houses around were destroyed some years ago and new standard comfortable houses were built instead. A similar situation is presented in the film «Up». It is likely that the old man lives here all his life.
Second question. It seems that the old man never had a wife, children, at least in the film there is not a word about them, about the parents or other friends or relatives. But the old man is not upset, he builds his fairy world for himself «as he was a child.» That is crazy.
But he does not want to be crazy. He tries to make friends with everyone who lives next door, but they refer to him as to the merits of a lower order. It is possible that the old man is rare – by the standards of modern America – taking a shower, and he smells bad.
Third question. The girl has a cellphone; the old man has not, even a wired one. How he gets a food? He has no driver license. Does he walk to the food store? No. The food store is too far from the house. He does not walk far. What does he eat? We know about sandwich he keeps in a pocket for many days. Probably somebody had have license and drove the car, bought and brought food. Who? His wife? Probably not long ago she died. Probably. Probably the only food in the house were from that time.
Who called from him to an ambulance? Nobody visited him, and he has no phone in the house. Maybe he fainted from hunger directly on the postman? And the postman called to the ambulance? Maybe.
The fourth question. Book pages were being crumpled and torn before, but they look like new in the gift copy.
The fifth question. When Mom discovers the deception, and makes the girl to study round the clock – does she stay at home or go to office as usual? If she goes to office, then how she provides the real pressure? Unclear.