Comparing The Film 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close'

The main character, a young, German man named Peter Muller, was very traumatized by what the Nazi's and Gestapo (the terrorist political police of the Nazi regime founded by Hermann Göring, whose purpose was to persecute all political opponents of the Nazi regime) did to his father. Over the course of the movie, Peter went through a change; he saw his father in a new light, and realized what really mattered in the world around him. Peter's father was a violinist and professor at the university. He spoke out against the expulsion of the Jewish professors and the entire Nazi movement. Because of this, one night, in the middle of dinner, he was taken away by the Gestapo. He was brought back home

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close stresses the importance of family, and when someone is taken away suddenly, how that can impact one’s views on life and one’s own morality. In addition, the novel emphasizes that people grieve in different ways and at different paces; this is shown through Oskar’s journey and his mother’s friend, Ron. Both characters use those things as ways to deal with the death of Thomas Schell, and both move at different paces. The book also looks into how deception can be an aspect of how people treat others who are grieving; both Oskar and his mother hide things from each other because they both believe it will help the other grieve more easily. Had the two characters not done this, they may not have coped with the death of Thomas the same way. The deception from the two characters when relating to the death of a family member shows how connected the themes of family, morality, and deception are in the novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

For many people, life is about finding a raison d’ȇtre, or a reason to exist. This reason gives meaning to each day and is different for every person. For example, doctors save lives, lawyers seek justice, teachers educate students. In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer, Oskar, a precocious nine-year-old, finds his own raison d’ȇtre. The story of Oskar Schell is existential; as shown through Oskar’s loneliness, his father’s death, and his attempt to find the lock that his father’s key opens.

The children yelled "We've had an ACCIDENT!" and the reader is not sure what will happen next. Shortly after the accident, when the "big black battered hearse-like automobile" pulls up to assist the family and the grandmother recognizes one of the occupants as the Misfit, the tone

The theme of this book is no pain, no gain. The story’s beginning of separation of the mother and her child shows the pain that both side goes through. Through all the conflicts and pains as they grow up without each other shows their sadness. But when both side have firm belief to find each other, they search for clues, Gabe finding hints about location of his birth mother, while Claire, his mother goes on long voyage to find her son. With effort, the two find each other, but do not notice until the end of the book, when Gabe goes on special quest to find “youth” to give to his mother to live together once

Initially, the film opening transitions from color to black and white, foreshadowing the gloomy events to take place. The story revolves around a German businessman named Oskar Schindler, who is eager to develop his own manufacturing company by profiting off Jewish labor as they are perceived as nothing more than worthless individuals. (marginalization) By attending several dinner parties and dressing in Nazi attire while interacting with guests, he managed to convince Schutzstaffel officials to provide him with his own factory. (folkways) In order to run a successful business, he

Were Oskar’s actions throughout the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close due to a mental disorder? In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, the protagonist, Oskar Schell, is going through many problems in his life, Oskar has to deal with the death of his father, Thomas Schell Jr due to the terrorist attack, 9/11, that took place on the World Trade Center. He also has to deal with people like his mother who doesn’t play a big part of the story, being mature and trying to move on like not showing her grief to Oskar and trying to find another husband like Ron. Throughout the story, Oskar shows signs of a mental disorder called Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. PTSD is a mental disorder that people suffer when they experience a traumatic life event. Oskar’s traumatic effect in this case is his dad dying. Oskar then goes through a journey throughout the book both a physical journey and a mental journey to find answers or ways to get to know more about his father and how he died in those towers. In ELIC Oskar is taking this journey throughout trying to find answers about his dad, but during the whole journey he leaves clues that might conclude that he is suffering from PTSD which might be why he acts melancholic and griefs a lot.

Besides the intuitive black-and-white graphics, Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close displays a series of gripping texts that range from profound seriousness to adventurous lightheartedness. The story follows through the footsteps of a nine year old boy named Oscar Schell after his father passed away from the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. Oscar is left traumatized and is constantly unhappy with himself and others. Through his story, Oscar illustrates how to forgive himself from the feelings of regret, loss, and emotional strain. Furthermore, he provides an explicit example showing that even after a painful heart-rending experience, one can overcome fear and transcend grief.

At first glance, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close may appear to simply detail the story of a young boy aimlessly searching for a reason that his father was taken from the world. Once the reader digs deeper however, the symbolic nature of Oskar’s journey really comes to fruition. At only nine years of age, Oskar Schnell experienced a tragedy that would be tough for most adults to understand. Without health problems, bad habits, or any forewarning whatsoever, Oskar’s father was gone, and as a result Oskar was mentally battered. As his relationships with friends and family began to sour and he struggled to find the meaning of his own life, Oskar desperately searched for something, or someone, to bring back the spirit of the man he adored so much. Oskar found this, in the form of a key. While finding this key’s home seemed to be the top priority for Oskar, little did he know that this small piece of metal served as a representation of his father, and all

The last thing that really appeals to me that connects to the theme is the whole holocaust and the prisoners and how they actually get explained in this story a little but because this is not all about the holocaust but it is but what really appealed to me is how they explained how they helped each other but not for worthy cause for their end so they could pass on and be in a probable better life. The Jewish arrivals

The film follows a young man by the name of Jakie Rabinowitz. He lives with his mother and father in the Jewish ghetto of the lower east side of Manhattan. Jakie is an only child

Oskar Schell and the narrators of “Further On (Up the Road)” and “Lonesome Day” take a literal journey to find comfort. Oskar’s journey starts after finding an envelope containing a key with Black written on the outside in his father’s closet a year after his death. Because of the reconnaissance missions the two frequently took together, Oskar believes it is a message to him and tries to stay connected with his father by finding the lock. Indeed, he says, “Every time I left our apartment to go searching for the lock, I became a little lighter, because I was getting closer to Dad” (Foer 52). As Oskar

Two minor characters in this novel also decide to live depressing lifestyles after losing their loved ones. They are Mr. Black in the apartment above Oskar and Ruth Black in the Empire State building. These two feel they cannot function anymore and hid from the world. Mr. Black has not left his apartment in “twenty-four years” because “there hasn’t been any reason too” now that his wife died (162.) He turned off his hearing aids “a long, long time ago…[to] save batteries” (165.) Oskar finds tree stumps in his bed that contain nails representing each day his wife had been dead. The man is over 100 years old and has been through so much in his life. He explains that for most of it he was at ward and “treated [his wife] as though she didn’t matter.” The bed was “the first thing [he] got her when he came back”(161.) As Mr. Black continues to put nails in it and shut the world out, he is always thinking of his wife. He no longer explores or interacts because she is not there.

Is there a catharsis in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? If so, when does it happen for Oskar, and if applicable for the reader? Discuss. To discuss whether there are catharsises and if so where, it is important to have a clear definition of ‘catharsis’, so there can be no confusion. According to ‘Oxford’s: Literature Criticism and Style’ a catharsis is: “The purging of emotions which takes place at the end of a tragedy.” A good catharsis closes a story and does not leave the audience, or reader with questions. According to the Oxford definition of a catharsis, it is important to determine whether Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a tragedy, but for this essay, the focus will

The narrative structure is linear and it follows a community of Jewish individuals during the Second World War as it experiences its last moments of peace previous to the start of a nightmare. Jews are shown as they arrive in the Krakow Ghetto, one of the most important locations that individuals belonging to this ethnic group were taken to during the conflict. The story takes place in