Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Tanner Buchanan https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l Made with Heavy Boots en-us 2017-01-30 16:23:10 UTC 2023-07-13 13:20:53 UTC hello@padlet.com 5 Star Quote gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150573325 This quote came from Thomas Schell (The Renter)during the novel. He was reminiscing on death, and it made him realize that he needed to do more to make life worth living.  (pg. 113) At this point in time, he is sitting in an airport, trying to figure out what he would say to his son, and how he would explain his absence throughout his sons childhood. He has to think of a way to make the rest of his life worth living. ]]> 2017-01-31 15:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150573325 tb013068 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150574720 Trailer for the movie]]> 2017-01-31 16:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150574720 Theme gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150574874 A major theme in the novel is love. Death and grief seemed to bring out the strong emotion of love throughout the novel. The main character Oskar shows his great amount of love and affection for his deceased father who passed away during the terrorist attack of 9/11. He showed his love for his father through his journey in New York City looking for the lock that fit they key his father had left behind. Finding the answer to the key would give Oskar a greater connection to his father. ]]> 2017-01-31 16:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150574874 Motif gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150578003 The key is a reoccurring symbol in the novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer . In the novel, the key is a symbol of hope for Oskar. It allows him to get a broader perspective of the city which connects him emotionally and somewhat physically to his father. His father taught him to explore new things constantly so by going on this journey, he was making his father proud by continuing to follow in his footsteps. ]]> 2017-01-31 16:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150578003 Setting/Historical Context tb013068 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150579578 The book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close takes place in New York City 2 years after the 9/11 attacks (2003). During this time, the people of NYC are getting back to their normal routines after being shaken up by the terrorist attack in 2001. After horrific tragedies like this one,  it is human nature to drift apart from each other. In the book we see Oskar parading around the city on his journey and bringing people together. The city has begun to return to normalcy with people constantly moving and minding their own business. ]]> 2017-01-31 16:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150579578 conflict ah013851 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150579621 Oskar's Internal/ External Conflicts: Oskar struggles with his inability to move on with his life after his father's death in the 9/11 attack for fear of forgetting him and not giving him the mourning that he deserves. Oskar tries to externally hold on to his father by searching through New York to find answers to his father's death but there is nothing for him to find. He struggles to find meaning in his father's death while also struggling to communicate his pain and anguish with his loved ones, such as his mother.
 
 

]]> 2017-01-31 16:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150579621 conflict ah013851 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150579889 Thomas Sr. Internal/ External Conflicts: Thomas Sr. ‘s external conflicts are reflected in his failure to outwardly communicate with the rest of the world around him. He loses his capability to speak with others, highlighting his inability to face others as well as himself. 
 Thomas’ internal conflicts are conveyed through his letters to his son. He uses these letters to say the things that he never could say to his son in person, not only because he does not speak, but because he has abandoned him and knows that their reuniting is not in the near future. 

 

]]> 2017-01-31 16:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150579889 Characterization of Oskar Schell gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150581751 Oskar Schell is a nine year old boy with the mindset of an adult. He is very intelligent,  and he reveals he has lots of anxiety. For instance, he would always carry a tambourine with him to calm his nerves and whenever something bad would happen, he would "...give [himself] a little bruise" (pg. 41). 
He is a clever young boy who self-identifies as a number of things including inventor, amateur inventor, origamist, and amateur archaeologist. He often contemplates deeper topics. His thoughts have a tendency to trail off. He is very trusting of strangers and makes friends easily, though he does not have many friends his own age. 
]]> 2017-01-31 16:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150581751 Characterization of Thomas Schell (Oskars grandfather/ The Renter) gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150586051 Oskars grandfather was an interesting character in the novel. As he got older, and went through emotional difficulties such as losing loved ones in war, he lost his ability to talk. He had YES and NO written on both of his hands that made it easier to communicate with people. He also wrote out everything on a notepad when he couldn't answer with yes or no. His goal in the novel was to establish a relationship with his grandson since he was very absent in the life of his son. He was also a very sensitive and artistic man. ]]> 2017-01-31 16:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150586051 Connection to Book tb013068 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150587759 My cousin that I never met died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This is his name engraved on the 9/11 memorial, built right where the twin towers use to stand. ]]> 2017-01-31 16:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150587759 writer's style ah013851 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150588347 Throughout the book, Foer inserts photographs that don’t seem to fit the plot however, when you continue to read you realize that the pictures that are shown allow a glimpse, or a visual representation into the lives and happenings of the characters.

]]> 2017-01-31 16:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150588347 Thought provoking question ah013851 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150588758
The words incredibly and extremely are used in many sentences in the novel to emphasize the importance of what characters are experiencing. For example, “…then, out of nowhere, a flock of birds flew by the window, extremely fast and incredibly close.” (p.165). At first glance, the title may seem to be relating directly to one of the main events in the story, 9/11: Extremely loud and for those in the city, like Oskar, incredibly close. However, it’s clear that the title is not related to anything specifically, so what is its actual meaning? Based on the quote, the title seems to have the closest relation to Oskar’s life. The world that surrounds him is all too “extremely loud and incredibly close”

]]> 2017-01-31 16:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150588758 Thought provoking question ah013851 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150595206
Freud came to believe that the way parents dealt with children's basic sexual desires would determine how their personalities developed and whether or not they would end up well-adjusted as adults. It is clear that Oskar’s mind and personality is not like that of an average 9-year-old. Dr. Freud stated that children usually have these vague desires for the parent of the opposite sex, however, based on our observations of Oskar’s mentality and his close relationship with his father which is on the contrary to his relationship with his mother, is it possible that Oskar encountered Freud’s theory in a sort of backwards way? Timidly lusting over his father rather than mother during his development? ]]> 2017-01-31 16:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150595206 gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150651851 2017-01-31 19:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150651851 Quote gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150654566 Oskar says this when he beings his search for the lock. It characterizes him as a thoughtful boy. Most boys his age would never think that deeply about a key or have that much interest about something like this. 

"That's what i love about keys. They all open something" 
(pg. 39)]]> 2017-01-31 19:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150654566 gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150657640 This is Oskar with his tambourine and the key around his neck wandering around NYC looking for people to help him find his answer. 

]]> 2017-01-31 19:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150657640 5 Star Quote gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150662272 "In the end, everyone loses everyone. There was no invention to get around that, and so I felt, that night, like the turtle that everything else in the universe was on top of" (pg. 74). 

This reveals Oskars thoughts and feelings about death. This is an emotional quote because of the imagery and figurative language that the author incorporated.

]]> 2017-01-31 19:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150662272 Author gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150665613 Jonathan Safran Foer is an American novelist best known for his novels Everything is Illuminated 2002), and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005). He was born in Washington DC in 1977. ]]> 2017-01-31 19:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150665613 gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150668013 2017-01-31 19:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150668013 Archetype tb013068 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150874739 Oskar Schell fits the character archetype of a hero because he goes on a journey for some truth or information to get over his dad's death. He is his own hero as he is forced to face the world on his own, which shows his bravery. He finds out about the truths of the many people he encounters on his journey. He is able to let go of the pain that causes him to isolate himself from the rest of world after 9/11, much like many other people who have been scarred from this horrific day. ]]> 2017-02-01 15:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150874739 Narrative Structure tb013068 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150880106 The narrative structure of the novel is a frame narrative. This is seen when Oskar is narrating his story, then the book jumps to the stories of the grandpa and the grandma. Also there is an epistolary structure as letters are written to various characters throughout the book. ]]> 2017-02-01 16:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150880106 gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150889177 2017-02-01 16:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150889177 gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150890068 2017-02-01 16:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150890068 gr007424 https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150890535 2017-02-01 16:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tb013068/69c1yent9k8l/wish/150890535