Parents and kids often disagree in real life and stories, in a book though it creates conflict and captures the reader bringing them into the story. In the book, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close written by Jonathan Safran Foer. The main protagonist is named oskar, a young boy living in New York City the time period is the early 2000’s mostly takes place during September 11th 2001 and the following years. Oskar's father with whom he was close and looked up to, died when the plane came crashing into the right tower which he happened to be in . However before he was killed he was able to send one final message to Oskar and his wife. Oskar hears an incoming call but is unable to pick up the phone because he knew it was his dad; Oskar was
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Oskar isolates himself from his emotions for 2 years creating a battle within his own mind. All other conflict in the story is a direct effect of this, he could have simply expressed his feelings to his mom, He could've left the key in shards of the broken vase.Oskars grandma says to him “You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness” (123) As Oskar learns to open up to everyone his problems find solution, He allows himself to listen to the answering the machine from that he figures out that the very first house he had went to held the answer to what the key unlocked. But in a way the journey was necessary . He met his more of his family and was able to find out more about himself finally ceasing his inner conflict and removing his “heavy boots”. He finally finds closure after so many years and can begin to see the world with a new perspective, he got closer to both his dad and more importantly his mom who he was pushing away from. All issues stem from unresolved emotions Oskar couldnt get over the death of his father, Mr.Black was silenced by his past, and even oskars grandmother was unable to escape her past, all these situations flow seemlessly into the theme of the
Oskar isolates himself from his emotions for 2 years creating a battle within his own mind. All other conflict in the story is a direct effect of this, he could have simply expressed his feelings to his mom, He could've left the key in shards of the broken vase.Oskars grandma says to him “You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness” (123) As Oskar learns to open up to everyone his problems find solution, He allows himself to listen to the answering the machine from that he figures out that the very first house he had went to held the answer to what the key unlocked. But in a way the journey was necessary . He met his more of his family and was able to find out more about himself finally ceasing his inner conflict and removing his “heavy boots”. He finally finds closure after so many years and can begin to see the world with a new perspective, he got closer to both his dad and more importantly his mom who he was pushing away from. All issues stem from unresolved emotions Oskar couldnt get over the death of his father, Mr.Black was silenced by his past, and even oskars grandmother was unable to escape her past, all these situations flow seemlessly into the theme of the