![]() After 9/11, a day which he names “the worst day”, Oskar developed a great deal of phobias related to the terrorist attack. To explain this, I will cite an example from the text. Oskar is a very smart kid, with a great drive to educate himself on just about everything, but the things that he learns are simply facts, void of emotional attachment or understanding in that sense, he thinks in very black and white terms. ![]() And of course, it is also quite natural for a child so young to process death and the event of 9/11 in very simplified terms. For instance, the protagonist, Oskar Schell, would quite often get on my nerves, but I also tend to forget that he is an eight year old boy who recently lost his father. That being said, it does not necessarily mean that I enjoyed all of the characters or choices that were made in the novel. I’ve already recommended it to a few of my friends it was that good! This was quite a shocking revelation because generally I find it really difficult to get through course assigned readings. ![]() I just want to start off by saying that I actually really enjoyed this book. It was very nice to take a break from school and go home for the first time since August, but we are right back on that work grind and the novel that is kicking off our second term of ASTU is Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. ![]()
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