Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Oskar in “Extremely Loud and Incredibly close” is always been an odd, eccentric kid with a zillion obsessions and anxieties, but since his father’s death, everything’s much worse. Through his struggle to discover the lock to the mysterious key that could be an answer to his father’s death however, his journey through finding an answer of the key he has visited Most of the ‘The Blacks’ in the city and those he meets along the way all cope with loss in various ways.The process of meeting these…

novel, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, characters tend to have a difficult time communicating with each other, whether in speaking or writing. The themes of fear, love, and mortality all contribute to the miscommunication between the characters in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. First, the theme of fear has a…

How the children reacted and dealt with the death of a parent during 9/11 in the movie Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, is seen to be accurate in the scene where Oskar starts to have a little meltdown and screams at his mom. Oskar starts yelling and starts hitting things saying "nothing makes sense, why doesn't anything make sense!". His mom also starts freaking out saying, "I don't know why a man flew a plane into a building, I don't know why my husband is dead, it's never gonna make sense…

In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Safran Foer, Oskar is a nine year old boy who just lost his dad, Thomas, in the devastating terror attack on the twin towers on 9-11. This little boy is an interesting piece, he is trying to stay connected to his dad even though he is gone and to make sure that he knows he still loves him. Oskar had a close relationship with his dad and spent most of his time with him when he was alive. Oskar was in his fathers’ room looking at all the stuff he…

In the book Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, there are many themes conveyed through conflicts of the book. One of the biggest themes are trauma and guilt. Foer uses the death of the protagonist, Oskar’s dad, as a way to send the message that everyone deals with death differently and the way people express their emotions may not make sense to others. Oskar’s dad played a very important role in the house. When his dad dies, his mom is left trying to put the pieces back…

After the 9/11 attacks, Oskar, the main character of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, was left with nothing, or at least nothing that would make him feel significant. The catastrophe of the terrorist attacks that took place in New York during the year 2001, destroyed the joy of many families. In the book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, Oskar, an autistic boy whose life revolved around his father’s mere existence, loses his hopes once his father dies…

Writing is an effective way for people to cope with tragedy. In Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, three characters, Oskar Schell, his grandmother, and his grandfather are each experiencing grief and are trying to cope with their personal tragedies. Written after the events of September 11th, readers of this novel are exposed to a melancholic yet intricate story about dealing with any sort of tragedy. The first main character in the novel is Oskar Schell, a…

Death: The Impact It Can Have. Throughout the course of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer and The Tiger’s Wife, by Tea Obreht the theme of mortality is used to show the significant impact death has on those left behind. The novel of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is an individual story of how an 11 year old boy deals with the shocking death of his father on 9-11. In The Tiger's Wife Natalia, the main character, deals with the many emotions that comes with the…

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…

aforementioned anxieties, however, it is safe for the reader to assume that by terrorist, Oskar means an Arabic terrorist and thus becomes another depiction of the “us versus them” mentality. Furthermore, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’s cast of characters is predominately white.…