Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close‚ a bestseller written by Jonathan Safran Foer‚ is a very unusual read while simultaneously being an impressive one‚ thus far. This book has mainly been a collection of nine-year old‚ Oskar Shell’s stream of consciousness‚ while also including reflections from his grandparents. Unlike “normal” novels‚ this one consists of diaries‚ memoirs‚ journals‚ pictures‚ and thoughts. It is filled with words above and beyond the words on the page. They written on walls‚ tattooed
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many different emotions and is a quiet call for help. There are times when there is nothing to say‚ so silence fills in the missing pieces. Jonathan Safran Foer evidently demonstrates the power of silence in chapter 12 of his book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by making Oskar’s grandmother’s chapters spaced out‚ showing her feeling of emptiness‚ and repeating certain words‚ which create broken chains of thought that indicate the way her brain scatters in traumatic times. Throughout the book
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! Symbolism‚ Imagery and Theme in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close tells the story of Oskar‚ a 9 year old boy‚ who had a very close relationship with his father before he died in the 9/11 attack. His love for his father grew after he found a key in his fathers’ vase‚ which sent him on an adventure to find the lock that fits the key. Jonathan Safran Foer‚ the author of this book‚ clearly demonstrates the characteristics of literary elements. The novel
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9/11 terrorist attacks‚ however Safran-Foer does not focus on this but rather takes the dissident voice and places his values on humanism by exploring the deep‚ saddening emotions of Oskar and his Grandfather that they endure due to the deaths of close ones. Both characters portray different ways of dealing with grief whether it is ignoring the remorseful pain by covering it up with knowledge as Oskar does‚ or by choosing not to become attached to anyone so not to lose more loved ones which is Thomas’
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The exploration of what it means to be human is heavily focused on in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. The story follows a nine-year-old boy whose father died in the 9/11 attacks as he struggles to find some reason behind it‚ wondering along the way about existence and‚ more importantly‚ human emotion. All humans experience a range of emotions‚ from happiness to anger and everything in between. One of the most prominent human experiences is loss and the grief that follows
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Themes of incredibly close and extremely loud There are many different themes in this novel but they all seem tie into one major theme which is loss and closure. The little themes would be family/friends‚ grief/mourning. Loss and closure is definitely the main theme in this book. Almost every character has lost something in some sort of way. For example Oskar has lost his father‚ Thomas has lost his first love Anna along with his unborn child which also lead to is capable of speech and the
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a wonderful example of a novel that deals with the many facets of life after a tragic event. The choice of love over fear is thrust upon the characters through inconsolable grief (Jain). Each of the main characters in the book has lost someone who they care about greatly‚ and they all must find different and unique methods of coping with this fact whether it be writing letters to an unborn son or going on a city wide search for a lock. The irony of the title
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A young boy choosing to deceive others may seem childish but the young boy in the novel‚ Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer‚ is an exception. The young boy‚ Oskar Schell chooses to lie in order to protect his mother from knowing that he was putting himself in danger and wants to keep her at ease in this fragile state that they are both in. Oskar also lies to himself‚ even though that may not be by choice‚ he does. He does this because his young mind and heart does not know
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Coping with Loss Jonathan Foer ’s novel‚ Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close‚ deals with many themes‚ the most significant being how one deals with loss. In the novel‚ Oskar Schell found a key in his late father ’s closet and makes it his mission to find the missing lock. Along the way he is faced with many challenges in coping with the tragic loss of his father. Oskar ’s personality and the way he deals with situations is greatly affected by his father ’s death‚ his relationship with his mother
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Barnaby T. Chuckles Mr. Kubacki Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel‚ Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close‚ is a tightly woven web of interrelated metaphors and thematic elements. Getting into every single one could take between a life-time and forever so for the purposes of this essay I will only focus on the few main themes; growing into adulthood‚ which is the quest that Oskar takes on when he sets out to find out about the key‚ accepting the unknowable in the
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