Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Book Report

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A child's greatest gift in life can only be he bond of love shared between the parents and child. Johnathan Safran Foer, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close". This book is about a boy named Oskar who's dad was in one of the Twin Yowers during 9/11 and didn't survive. Oskar and his dad do reconnaissance expeditions and Oskar found a clue to the expedition his dad gave him before he died. Oskar was determined to solve it so he could possibly connect with his dad once more. Oskar ran into a couple bumps and bruises a long the way, but he continued his search till he solved this last expedition. One key item that makes the bond between the parent(s) and child so powerful is the sacrifices one will make to keep their child or parent(s) happy. The second item that make this bond so powerful is the biology shared between the child and parent(s). Last but not least, unconditional or unspoken love makes this bond between the parent(s) and child so powerful.

One item that makes the bond between the parent(s) and child so strong is the sacrifices made to make one another happy. In the book Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Oskar sacrificed his emotional needs to protect his mom by taking extreme measures to hide the answering machine(Foer 81). Even though
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Thomas Jr. Put a note under the swing in the park because he knew Oskar would look hard to solve his expedition and hopefully face some fears while he's at it. The little clues that were left for Oskar is the unspoken love. Oskar also told his mom he wishes it was her that died in the 9/11 attack instead of his dad (Foer 201). Even thoug Oskar insulted his mother, she still looked in his room trying to understand him like his dad would have. There's good and bad that come with the relationship between the parent and child. Through all the good and bad that may happen, you still love your parent(s) or

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