Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

The movie Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a movie that contains many things that relate to psychological disorders, including: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mental Trauma, and phobias. I will be discussing the plot of the movie, and then I will explain how the psychological disorders relate to the characters of the movie. The story’s main character is a nine year old boy named Oskar Schell, who is very close to his father. When his father is killed in the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the…

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…

Things are taken and given in life, rejoice when it’s given and grieve when it’s taken. At some point one must move forward from what was taken, or they will live the rest of their life taking for granted what is given to them. The novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is told through three central characters who all experience a tragic loss in their lives. Chronologically, Oskar’s grandfather and…

The film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close follows a young boy named Oskar who has recently lost his father in the 9/11 attacks in 2001. While we are never expressly told of Oskar’s disorder, his interactions with others and general behaviour allow for the conclusion that Oskar has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Before his father’s passing, Oskar is given tasks that attempt to encourage the development of his social skills since Oskar has “a hard time” talking to other people. Each task…

The major characters in Extremely loud and Incredibly close suffer from great loss and tries cope with it by finding connection. Oskar Schell lost his father in 911 which had an big impact him because he was so close to him. He holds on to the messages his dad left just before he dies and hides it from his mother. “I wrapped up the old phone in the scarf that grandma wasn’t able to finish because of privacy and I put that in a grocery bag, and I put that in a box, and I put in another box, and I…

Oskar Schell of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Cecilia of Yxta Maya Murray’s Locas both share similar experiences in that they are both exposed to hardships at a young age and strive to overcome them. The two youths, one male in New York City and one female in Los Angeles, are presented with conflicts such as living inferior to those around them and feeling lost. Oskar is a young boy struggling to cope with his father’s death while Cecilia is a teenager facing the…

Safran Foer for example, has chosen to use the visual writing theory in his novel ‘Extremely Loud an Incredibly Close’. But why has he chosen to use this theory? Visual writing sounds like you read a book by looking only to images like a comic, and comics are something completely different if you compare them to a novel. So why has Safran Foer chosen to use visual writing in his novel ‘Extremely Loud an Incredibly Close’? That question will be discussed in this essay by looking at the following…

For some people, tragedy is what it takes to realize core values and grow. In Jonathan Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Oskar Schell is a gifted nine year old in search of a meaning for his life outside of his central tragedy--the passing of his father in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. More than anything, he cannot escape from his own mind and his obsession with his father: “It doesn't make me feel good when you say that something I do reminds you of Dad” (Foer). Despite his gloom, one…

I was sceptical at first when I began reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, because I always judge books by their covers, even though I really shouldn’t. I have also found that as I got older I’ve had less and less time to read during the day, so finding time to be able to sit down and read the entire book book was a little bit of a hassle. While I started reading this book I slowly fell in love with it, because It just gelled with me really easily. I figured out the genre as teen fiction…

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer, tells the story of a young boy with, what readers can assume, Autism whose Father was killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Oskar, the young boy that the novel is centered around, finds a key in his Father’s closet and makes it his mission to find out what this key, the last ‘clue’ his father left him, opens. Oskar is dedicated to his mission as he walks all the way to Staten Island, the Empire State…