There is a lot of repetition in both books and they all serve an important role, a face value, one and a much more figurative one. Both authors use a very present metonymy, in “Extremely Loud and Incredible Close” Foer uses Oskar’s creative mind for metonymous purposes. Him being autistic it may appear that his constant inventing is just a sign on the disorder, but his inventing serves a purpose of being metonymous with his pain and emotional distress he is currently experiencing. “I invented a postage stamp where the back tastes like crème brûlée. I still couldn’t sleep” (Foer 193). The night right after Jimmy makes fun of Oskar for his presentation he goes home and invents things like this and it happens all night without end, most nights
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He speaks of 9/11, Hiroshima and the Dresden bombings. These serve to add emphasis to the title, they were all very terrible and affected the character tremendously. Thomas Schells senior lost the love of his life and his unborn child in war, “I kissed her, I kissed her stomach, that was the last time I ever saw her” (Foer 215). After the bombings in Dresden he lost his voice due to the trauma he endured. He stopped talking entirely and never truly lived after the bombings of Dresden. Oskar suffered similarly due to the allusions to 9/11, his father died and he was emotionally traumatized and set out on a desperate quest to find his dead fathers last message to him. Both events affect the characters tremendously and serve as the extremely loud and incredible close situations they endure and they really affect them emotionally. “Extremely Loud and Incredible Close” is not the only book that uses allusion to serve a purpose, “A Farewell to Arms” also eludes to other historical events. When speaking of the war Henry talks about a quick finish to it, and he references Napoleon’s military escapade in Europe. “The Austrian army was created to give Napoleon victories; any Napoleon” (Hemingway 36). He says that the Austrians need a great leader and the war would be over quick and Henry wishes to leave the front and go back to his beloved Catherine. So, a quick finish to …show more content…
All the narrators share a dread and regretful tone that speaks to how they are dealing with the emotional trauma of the loud and close events they were involved in. When speaking about why Thomas Sr. can’t talk he says, “To my unborn child: I haven’t always been silent, I used to talk and talk and talk and talk,” (Foer 16). Thomas explains how he used to be able to talk before he was traumatized by the bombings of Dresden and he speaks he is still in pain from what he had to endure. The grandma is the same way when Thomas leaves her she explains she is miserable because “I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing” (174). She was also traumatized by Dresden and the odd relationship that Thomas Sr. and her developed. Oskar helps support the regretful tone throughout the book by just flat out saying “I’d lost count of the disappointments” (107). All the characters speak with regret and solemnness because of what they have endured Oskar’s father dying, Ana and her child dying, and all the trauma that comes with a dysfunctional relationship. All the characters have experience loud and close situations so their tone fits the events they’ve all endured. The same goes for “A Farewell to Arms” the tone of the characters fits the theme and title, the tone that
He speaks of 9/11, Hiroshima and the Dresden bombings. These serve to add emphasis to the title, they were all very terrible and affected the character tremendously. Thomas Schells senior lost the love of his life and his unborn child in war, “I kissed her, I kissed her stomach, that was the last time I ever saw her” (Foer 215). After the bombings in Dresden he lost his voice due to the trauma he endured. He stopped talking entirely and never truly lived after the bombings of Dresden. Oskar suffered similarly due to the allusions to 9/11, his father died and he was emotionally traumatized and set out on a desperate quest to find his dead fathers last message to him. Both events affect the characters tremendously and serve as the extremely loud and incredible close situations they endure and they really affect them emotionally. “Extremely Loud and Incredible Close” is not the only book that uses allusion to serve a purpose, “A Farewell to Arms” also eludes to other historical events. When speaking of the war Henry talks about a quick finish to it, and he references Napoleon’s military escapade in Europe. “The Austrian army was created to give Napoleon victories; any Napoleon” (Hemingway 36). He says that the Austrians need a great leader and the war would be over quick and Henry wishes to leave the front and go back to his beloved Catherine. So, a quick finish to …show more content…
All the narrators share a dread and regretful tone that speaks to how they are dealing with the emotional trauma of the loud and close events they were involved in. When speaking about why Thomas Sr. can’t talk he says, “To my unborn child: I haven’t always been silent, I used to talk and talk and talk and talk,” (Foer 16). Thomas explains how he used to be able to talk before he was traumatized by the bombings of Dresden and he speaks he is still in pain from what he had to endure. The grandma is the same way when Thomas leaves her she explains she is miserable because “I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing” (174). She was also traumatized by Dresden and the odd relationship that Thomas Sr. and her developed. Oskar helps support the regretful tone throughout the book by just flat out saying “I’d lost count of the disappointments” (107). All the characters speak with regret and solemnness because of what they have endured Oskar’s father dying, Ana and her child dying, and all the trauma that comes with a dysfunctional relationship. All the characters have experience loud and close situations so their tone fits the events they’ve all endured. The same goes for “A Farewell to Arms” the tone of the characters fits the theme and title, the tone that