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Regardless of his remarkable intelligence, Oksar is nevertheless a traumatized child and, understandably, responds in childlike ways to his fathers death and the aftermath of that awful loss. Discuss and analyze these two extremes that coexist within Osk

Mishra 1

Seema Mishra

India

November 6 , 2008

Extremely loud and incredibly close

`Extremely loud and incredibly close ' is a novel written by Jonathan Safran Foer in

which a child named Oskar narrates the whole story . Oskar lost his dad in the 9 /11

terrorist act because his father was in one of the World trade Towers at the time of attack

Oskar is just 9-year-old but is extremely intelligent and very much to his father

He does lots of creative things that are not normally done

by so young children . Usually

it is seen that a child who is extraordinarily brilliant and smart acts in a mature manner

always but here Foer has showed Oskar intelligent but at the same time he maintains the

innocence , confusion and emotions of a 9-year-old boy too

Oskar seems to be extremely close to his father and he was the first one to come back

home the day of this terrorist attack . Just as he gets inside he receives messages from his

father on the answering machine and he sets aside the message to himself . Oskar is seen

near his father 's closet as he loved his dad too much and obviously he misses him a lot

Being near to his things gives him a feeling of nearness to his father even after death

This shows his emotions for his father like a young child

While touching his dad 's things in the closet , he finds a vase that has an envelop...

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