Journal 1 Ashlyn MacDonald April 28th‚ 2015 Text to text In the novel “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer‚ Oskar is trying to find out which lock fits the key that he found in his father’s closet. Something similar happens in “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time” by Mark Haddon. The main character in the curious incident was trying to find out who killed the neighbors dog. These two stories are similar because both main characters in the books are both searching
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Ricky Grayson English Chadwick and Kelly 6/31/10 Journal Entry 1: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close pgs 1-75 Summary: In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close‚ Jonathan Safran Foer writes of a nine year old boy‚ Oskar Schell‚ who is both inquisitive and humorous. You see‚ Oskar lost his father in the 9/11 terror attacks and cannot adjust to his new life. Oskar is both surprised and hurt that his mother‚ who he thinks should be grieving over his father’s death‚ is‚ in fact
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For my book report I read the book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. This book was published by Haughton Mifflin in 2005. The novel takes place mostly in New York City‚ shortly after terrorists destroy the Twin Towers in 2001. However‚ the time switches from the narrator’s present to the late 1940s when his grandparents are newlyweds and even farther back to when they are teenagers in Germany. In the present time‚ Oskar lives in an apartment building. Across the street
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005) Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer‚ born in Washington DC in 1977‚ faced a challenge when writing ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’; he had to equal his acclaimed debut ‘Everything Is Illuminated’ (2002). He definitely succeeded; his second novel does not just live up to‚ but exceeds expectations. For the second time Foer has managed to create a work of genius. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close tells the story of Oskar Schell‚ a highly intelligent
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1) Works Cited Foer‚ Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Boston‚ MA: Mariner‚ 2005. Print. 2) Annotation This book is told through the eyes of an extremely smart and funny nine-year-old who is also the narrator‚ Jonathan Safran Foer. He tells a story of the effects of his fathers tragic death‚ in the 9/11 terrorist attack‚ on his father‚ Oskar Schell‚ and his family as a whole. Oskar’s father not only endured the pain of being trapped in the towers‚ but was killed due to
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Extremely Loud Incredibly Close Oskar Schell‚ who is the main character in “Extremely Loud Incredibly Close”‚ is a 9-year old boy. He has a very good imagination and is very creative. He talks about himself as an atheist‚ a scientist‚ a pacifist and an adventurer. He is also a very determined and strong-willed boy. First we get an impression of a happy and joyful kid‚ but after his father dies in the attack on the World Trade Center‚ he becomes very unhappy and almost depressed. The funny thing
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His mission is to find the lock that fits a mysterious key belonging to his father‚ who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. He befriends a 103-year-old war reporter‚ a tour guide who never leaves the Empire State Building‚ and lovers enraptured or scorned. Ultimately‚ Oskar ends his journey where it began‚ at his father’s grave. But now he is accompanied by the silent stranger who has been renting the spare room of his grandmother’s apartment. Oskar reminisces about his father and the games
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 1) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close encourages us to closely examine the time we have in our lives. We never know when the last time we will be seeing someone will be‚ we must be responsible with how we spend our time and we are responsible for the way we treat people. The message that is conveyed to me an abundance of times is to not take advantage of the time you have‚ because it flies. This is represented on the pages with red ink (pages 208-216). The
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sudden or unexpected. Everyone experiences it at least once throughout a lifetime. In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer‚ the reader meets several characters that lose people very close to them. Each person has a certain way of dealing with the death‚ but overall his or her grief is out of love. These two emotions are triggered by one another. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close displays few characters that show any sign of moving on with their lives. Grief takes over
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Curiosity and Adventure are two words I feel best represent Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close‚ a fictional book written by Jonathan Safran Foer set in New York City after 9/11 around 2003. The story involves a nine year old named Oskar Schell‚ a self-proclaimed future inventor and explorer. Oskar is our narrator throughout the story who tells us the events in his life in the first person point of view. Oskar‚ being the protagonist and focal point of the story‚ shows us the struggle of losing someone
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