https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Motif en-us 2018-04-05 16:16:23 UTC 2023-06-03 03:18:00 UTC hello@padlet.com jmckevitt1254 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/248952675 2018-04-05 16:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/248952675 jmckevitt1254 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/248953641 The author uses keys in order to convey the message that, not all questions can be answered to satisfy the losses and traumas one faces in life.

]]> 2018-04-05 16:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/248953641 aweede1437 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/249533903 Foer uses keys to show that not all questions will help cure their heartbreak and trauma; "I found the lock.' 'You found it?' I nodded. 'And?' I didn't know what to say. I found it and now I can't stop looking? I found it and it had nothing to do with dad? I found it and now I'll wear heavy boots for the rest of my life? 'I wish I hadn't found it" (Foer, 302). The author uses repetition of questions to show how finding answers will not always fill a persons "heavy boots". Once Oskar realizes that the search for the lock is over, he ends up with more questions then he had started with. In the novel Oskar tries to find the lock to the key he found to try and distract himself from his fathers death, but ended up making him regret going on the search for answers and wish he "hadn't found" the key.  Thus proving finding answers isn't always going to heal ones self. ]]> 2018-04-08 14:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/249533903 sveytsman1430 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/250095739 Throughout the novel Foer uses doors as a symbol for the questions that are yet to be answered. "My father begged me to stay, I grabbed the doorknob and it took the skin off my hand, I saw the muscles of my palm, red and pulsing, why did I grab it with my other hand?'' (Foer,211). This excerpt includes imagery to allow readers to imagine what his hand looked like in that moment. When the grandpa opened the door he went through so much pain just to find his answers about Anna. By opening the door (answering questions) you are still stuck with questions like "why did I use my other hand" or live with the pain for the rest of life. Just as Oskar uses the keys as motivation to find answers, Grandpa uses Anna as his motivation to find the answers to his questions. ]]> 2018-04-10 02:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/250095739 jmckevitt1254 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/250880266 In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Foer "I adjusted the string so the keys--one to the apartment, one to I didn't know what rested against my heart which was nice except the only thing was that it felt too cold sometimes, so I put a Band-Aid on that part of my chest, and the keys rested on that"(Foer, 200). Oskar feels uncomfortable without being able to fill the void that the loss of his father gave him. When Oskar says "So I put a Band-Aid on that part of my chest" it shows how Oskar tries to cover up the answers that he can't solve in anyway he possibly can so that he doesn't always have to think about the void that his dad left him.]]> 2018-04-11 18:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/250880266 sveytsman1430 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251244778 2018-04-12 16:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251244778 sveytsman1430 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251246471 2018-04-12 16:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251246471 sveytsman1430 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251246831 2018-04-12 16:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251246831 jmckevitt1254 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251247425 In Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time Hawking says “Today will still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from. Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.”  This quote by Stephen Hawking connects to Oskar due to the fact that Oskar always felt the need to find the anwsers to the questions, never leaving one un answered. Hawking states “Humanity’s deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest” this relates to Oskar because He is always searching for more knowledge to help him get over the previous trauma of losing his Father and will not stop searching for the answers until he feels satisfied with what he has discovered. ]]> 2018-04-12 16:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251247425 sveytsman1430 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251248501 2018-04-12 16:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251248501 sveytsman1430 https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251948738 2018-04-15 23:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jmckevitt1254/mjcf2xz566vv/wish/251948738