M. Rose Baker

I attached a picture of where I shared it on facebook. I will talk about it during thanksgiving too and let you know what is said in response.

A lot of the time I'd get that feeling like I was in the middle of a huge black ocean, or in deep space, but not in the fascinating way. (3.2) “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” focuses on a lot of different themes, however one of the most prominent deals with fear brought on by grief and how to overcome or move past your fear, often with the help from people who care about you. Both Oskar, Grandma, Grandpa, and Mom experience fear, especially after and during the tragedy of 9/11. It was a common experience faced by many of the people, especially those who lived in New York City, after facing this act of terrorism.  There is an immense feeling of anxiety throughout the novel which is eventually overcome, for Oskar at least, with the help of his loved ones surrounding him. This is a prime example of how Oskar has a large problem with anxious behavior and thoughts, which appear more strongly after the passing of his father. The way he thinks and goes about understanding th...

The pictures left out are of someone falling and the word Purple written in green.  I believe the connection/relation to the novel for the picture of the man falling is because it represents or is Oskar's dad. If not his dad someone who was involved in the tragedy of 9/11. This is important because it is why Oskar no longer speaks, why he refuses to go to school, and why he is on a search for what this mystery key in the envelope labeled black is so important to him. His dad and him had a close relationship and since his death Oskar has not been able to find a healthy way of coping with it. Tomas was also the only person who thought the same way Oskar thinks. The word purple written in the green pen or marker is important because it sort of contradicts yet goes along with what the woman at the art store said about people writing the color of the pen or their last name that they are using on this paper. 

Chapter 6 is narrated by Oskar's Grandfather and he tells us in the letter what happened with Oskar's Grandmother, a completely different experience than how she described it in her letter. We can assume that this letter is from grandpa because it has the same date as the letter from grandma, not coincedetal in my opinion. We get an insight into his life as he grew up and how he met grandma through her sister, whom he orginally slept with first. We also find out that he apologizes for leaving her and their unborn child and for all the other wrong doings he has done in life. He also writes one sentence on pages, just like Oskar does when he narrates the story. Chapter 7 goes back to Oskar narrating and it occurs when he is in the production of Hamlet. Most of the black's he has met come to the show, along with his grandma who appears to be his biggest supporter throughout the whole novel. It flashes back to when he meets more of the people with the last name black  Once ag...

Chapter four allows another narrator to come into "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" other than Oskar. It is a letter from his grandmother, who he is very close with and relies on daily for support through their conversations using the walkie talkies. The way she writes/narrates is different than the way Oskar does. Her ideas are rather linear and go from one to another with relation to the previous statement. However, Oskar's ideas tend to bounce around, for instance the idea about the teakettle and talking anus's in the first chapter we read. A majority of these characters, Oskar, Grandma and Grandpa, all keep/want letters. Each story that is told by these characters differ and we get to see it from different perspectives. I think this book has a large focus on how people see and experience things that happen to them in life. Chapter five starts off with a conversation between Oskar and his father, who asks seemingly random questions just like Oskar does throug...

Chapter three focuses on the envelope Oskar finds with his father's rushed handwriting on it and the key that is inside. The focus he puts on figuring out what this key opens or goes to tells me he is determined when he sets his mind to something and he doesn't stop a task until the solution is found. I think that the whole situation that happened with his dad's death is hard for him to comprehend as to why it happened and he keeps the phone with his dad's messages on it near him in his room so he can listen to it over and over again. Oskar is sentimental and observant, focusing on things that he has seen in his life which are images of keys and such, this helps him sleep. It appears he is struggling with a mental health issue because of his lack of speech as well as his inability to sleep or deal with social situations, like the school setting. I am forced to believe that his relationship with his dad was much closer than his relationship between him and his mother, si...