Bird's best friends is the janitor at his school, Mr. Goldstein. Mr. Goldstein is a very spiritual man and a big influence on Bird.
Bird is convinced that he is the one who will have to have save the world from the flood. In fact, Bird built himself an ark. However, the fire marshall disposed of it because it was a hazard. He calls himself a lamed vovnik. According to Wikipedia a lamed vovnik would make Bird one of the 36 holy jews in the whole wide world. He also thinks that he'll be the Messiah, or savior of his people.
He's a very interesting twelve year old boy and I believe he takes a lot on himself. He's trying to take care of his sister and his mom, and I don't think he's every had someone to look up to like a father figure except for Mr. Goldstein. But it's hard to look up to Mr. Goldstein because Mr. Goldstein, hoping Bird can save the world looks up to him.
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