Every single day everyone has some type of journey. Rather it be small and simple, big and extravagant, physical, or emotional. Everyone searches for adventure. Everyone searches for answers. The question is, what is everyone looking for? What do they desperately need? Is it love, attention, questions that really can’t be answered? Something they already know the outcome of, but are too afraid to let go of? In the book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, everyone has had a journey in their life, including: Oskar, Thomas Sr., as well as Grandma. Oskar faced looking for the lock that fit his father’s key. Thomas Sr. was always trying to rise above the pain of his past. Grandma goes through many difficult journeys in Germany, later grandma has
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Oskar searches for the lock that fits his father’s key so that he can ignore grieving the loss of his father. The author explains that Oskar wishes he would have said more the last night that he and his father were together. Also that he wishes he would have answered the sixth call instead of letting it reach voicemail, again. The author shows us this by continuing to repeat the last encounter Oskar had with his father, “Dad?” “Yeah Buddy?” “Nothing.” (Foer, pg. 223). This quote discloses Oskar’s character: that he cannot embrace emotion. Throughout Oskar’s journey to find the lock his personality begins to change. He learns to embrace emotion and to enjoy every moment, past and …show more content…
Grandma was very quiet with her grief and didn’t let anyone know that she was miserable. Grandma had to go through an abundant of tough times. The author displays her grief by the quote, “When I look at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible.” (Foer, pg. 232). However, that quote also reveals that her journey to where she is at currently, having a handsome grandson, is worth all of the pain and suffering in the past. While reading this book everyone begins to understand that Grandma thinks of Oskar as her biggest blessing and she doesn’t care about all of the troubles it took her to get where she is
Oskar searches for the lock that fits his father’s key so that he can ignore grieving the loss of his father. The author explains that Oskar wishes he would have said more the last night that he and his father were together. Also that he wishes he would have answered the sixth call instead of letting it reach voicemail, again. The author shows us this by continuing to repeat the last encounter Oskar had with his father, “Dad?” “Yeah Buddy?” “Nothing.” (Foer, pg. 223). This quote discloses Oskar’s character: that he cannot embrace emotion. Throughout Oskar’s journey to find the lock his personality begins to change. He learns to embrace emotion and to enjoy every moment, past and …show more content…
Grandma was very quiet with her grief and didn’t let anyone know that she was miserable. Grandma had to go through an abundant of tough times. The author displays her grief by the quote, “When I look at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible.” (Foer, pg. 232). However, that quote also reveals that her journey to where she is at currently, having a handsome grandson, is worth all of the pain and suffering in the past. While reading this book everyone begins to understand that Grandma thinks of Oskar as her biggest blessing and she doesn’t care about all of the troubles it took her to get where she is