What is notable about the first and last chapters of The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared?

The writer has crafted this opening chapter less than a page in length, which equally mirrors the final Chapter 29, also less than a page in length. This is an example of literary mirroring, or echoing, in which the author utilizes similar tones and (in this example) narrative chapter construction to suggest a passage of time and act as a circular-styled round up.