Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Peter Lance's "1000 Years for Revenge" is a narrative of the events between the Twin Tower bombing of 1993 to the climatic events on 9/11. The novel weaves the personal stories of FBI agent Nancy Floyd, FDNY Fire Marshal Ronnie Bucca and the intellectual bomb maker Ramzi Achmed Yousef. The plot entail the mixing of these individuals live and their struggles as the events that occurred on their path which lead to the unfortunate ending on 9/11.

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.

The book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close contains many aspects of the real-life hardships of 9/11 and the Holocaust, as well as the mystery of the Sixth Borough of New York. These events help create a better understanding of life under the influence of conflict and the choices characters are forced to make as a result of the conflict. Jonathan Safran Foer 's novel focuses on a boy named Oskar who loses his father in the destruction of the Twin Towers, his mute grandfather 's grief, and the stories of the Sixth Borough his father told him. The history told in this novel comes from multiple generations, which helps create a greater range of understanding grief. The novel interprets

Upon his last encounter with a Black, William Black, Oskar admits to the guilt he felt when he heard his father’s dying moments, “He needed me and I couldn’t pick up. I just couldn’t pick up. I just couldn’t. Are you there? He asked eleven times. I know because I’ve counted,” (Foer, 301). This perpetual state of guilt that devours Oskar, caused by the memory of the phone call, epitomizes the despair and lost that Oskar held upon his shoulders. Admitting this guilt to Mr. Black not only gives insight regarding 9/11 on Oskar’s mental state, but to the severity of the impact presented upon a young child. This verbal admittance permits Oskar to close the wound within himself and reconnect with the idea that his father is dead, yet life will be better. As the novel ends with, “We would have been safe,” (Foer, 326), Oskar moves past the influence of guilt and sadness regarding 9/11 and reconciles with his mother, grandmother, and

It felt like forever had passed, but as I kept looking up at the clock, I realized it had only been a few minutes from since we first reached the huge break room tables. My supervisor finally went up to the front of the break room and through his tears, he managed to inform us that hijackers had taken over airplanes and collided them into the Twin Towers in New York City. So much silence filled the room; you could hear a pin drop. Everybody’s blank and puzzled gazes twisted into an afraid and horrified look, like they had just seen a ghost appear. Mr. Smith, the vice president of the company, told us not to fear too much, New York is a long way away from us. Not one person moved an inch. There were looks of horror and shock throughout the break room. A few seconds of quietness passed when finally Mrs. Smith turned on the televisions in the break room. The only thing I saw was smoke, dust, haze, torn clothing, buildings on fire, and people running around trying to take cover. My mind will never forget that picture, it still feels like it happened just yesterday. We all sat completely horrified in fear as everyone pondered if we would

On September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacked The World Trade Center 2,753 people were killed in the terrorist act. In this novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer uses his characters to show that experiencing the event and how the grief from that events affect someone physically and mentally. Safran Foer is trying to communicate that everyone goes through dealing with grief differently. Some people deal with it quickly, others it takes awhile. Some people it is just mental grief, and others in take an actually on their body.

I would highly reccomend this book to everybody. I really enjoyed reading it! During not one part of the book does it get boring. It kept me engaged throught the whole book. This novel is a great love story that proves how much one can care for the

September 11th, 2001 is not a day that is easily forgotten for most Americans. 9/11 was a day of tragedy, defeat, and loss, not only for New Yorkers but for the whole country as well. Reading Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 by Damon DiMarco can expand your knowledge of that day and it's impact, as well as give you the different points of view from the victims. Even for those who weren't yet born to experience September 11th, Tower Stories is a superior start to learning about the attack. As stated in the beginning of the book, the mission of these stories is to give you a better understanding of what exactly went on that chaotic day; I feel it is safe to say it has succeeded in that goal.

This book was a little bit sadder than the rest of the book that I read by Oliver Jeffers because this one involved more emotions because it deals with a death of someone and you have to watch what kind of children you read it to because you have to really look in the book to notice the death and some children might not understand that and wonder why she was sad. It would also be a good book to get out and talk about death if a child in your class has when dealing with

World Trade Center offers an unique insight to 9/11 through the perspective both of the officers who were trapped at the world trade center as well as the perspective of their families who felt trapped waiting for their return outside of the towers. Using audio-visual techniques the film causes Americans to imagine themselves in the shoes of Sergeant McLoughlin's All-American family.

The first protagonist the reader is introduced to is Dan who is a sixty-four Episcopalian lawyer from Cincinnati. On 9/11, Dan sees the attacks as a simple on looker for a Brooklyn penthouse near the towers that Updike observed the falling towers. Dan, a believer in God until the collapse of the towers, goes through a counter conversion after 9/11. He loses his faith in

The book made me feel sorry for Saroo, who had lived a troubled childhood. Before getting lost he lived in a poor village in India, where his mother and three siblings had to sleep in one small room and sometimes had to beg for food to strangers. One day Saroo and his brother went to the railway station, to search for loose change and they caught a train that was two hours away from their house, later when they got off the train Saroo was tired so his brother told him to rest on the bench and told him he will comeback but that was the last time Saroo saw his brother. It made me feel sorry for the great number of children who live in poverty and how they struggle to survive.

The book made me think a lot about the way, people react to other people deaths, and how I reacted, when someone I knew died. I absolutely agree, with the theme in this book, that people should stop avoiding the topic

Jonathan Safran Foer’s choice of the title Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005) has significant meaning in terms of the struggle to find peace. Specifically, the phrase refers to Oskar’s loud thoughts and fears, and his journey to discover what the key opens to get closer to his deceased father. Oskar continuously uses these words throughout the novel, particularly in situations that make him overthink about specific aspects of his father’s death, such as closed spaces. For instance, he explains how “almost the whole ride to Bronx was underground, which made [him] incredibly panicky” (Foer 194). He feels as if disaster may occur at any moment, and therefore continuously avoids situations that make him uncomfortable. Oskar had a sense of

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