Donald E. Sexauer Ordre des livres

Embedded in the home of his choice, Oscar learns that many problems arise just from having a homebase. From the problems of having a home, he finds that he must make decisions that in some way solves those problems. Unfortunately, he learns that making a decision can lead to more problems and more decisions. He tries, through his new friend, Hector, to make wise decisions and, thereby, learns how difficult life in a home can be. He also learns that being part of "a home" exposes, willy nilly, all sorts of character flaws. Beside learning the complexity of decisions, he finds that being so close to people exposes one's weaknesses; he now realizes he always has hidden a weakness from others. He is not able to hide his weaknesses from the people who live so close to him. He has a secret! He realizes the value of prioritizing since he can not have everything the way it was in his homeless days. He learns that he can't have everything as he wants. He feels a little exposed until he realizes the value of prioritizing. And he really learns to compromise. After all, life is really full of compromises and the people are happy since they prioritize.

Told in his own voice, a gray tiger striped cat, Oscar, decides he wants a home - a desire that becomes his mission. He picks out a trial house with a large new porch furnished with old dried-out wicker rocking chairs along with the two guys who have just renovated the house. In the house is a little dog, named Daisy Mae and an inside Siamese cat, named Hector. In a few months' time he learns that comfort is a necessary part of living, even the comfort that included a set of Hector's blue eyes that follow his every move. And Oscar makes many moves in his "new world," which fascinates the reader and painlessly enlarges the reader's vocabulary. Oscar learns that all balances involve compromise; the balance between freedom and responsibility is very difficult.