Extremely Loud Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud Incredibly Close
Oskar Schell, who is the main character in “Extremely Loud Incredibly Close”, is a 9-year old boy. He has a very good imagination and is very creative. He talks about himself as an atheist, a scientist, a pacifist and an adventurer. He is also a very determined and strong-willed boy. First we get an impression of a happy and joyful kid, but after his father dies in the attack on the World Trade Center, he becomes very unhappy and almost depressed. The funny thing about Oskar is, that his inner thoughts and his struggle with life almost seem like if he was an adult. Oskar is also humoristic and witty. I think Foer choose Oskar, because we as an audience really feel sympathy for him. He is a little kid, and hasn’t learnt to deal with some things in life such as loss. Because of this he is very believable. We understand that he doesn’t know how to handle the situation with his father’s death. Oskar’s way of handling the father’s death, is to figure out a way to get closer to him. He discovers a mysterious key in his father’s closet. The key lays in an envelope with the name “Black” on it. Oskar is sure that his father had been planning an expedition for Oskar, and now he wants to figure out where the key fits. He chooses to visit every person that lives in New York with the last name “Black”, and ask him or her if they know anything about his dad. This shows how determined Oskar really is.
Another character that appears in the film is Oskar’s mother. In the start of the story, she doesn’t seem like an important character, but in the end we understand how much effort she has put into protecting Oskar. Compared to Oskar she tries to stay strong, to give Oskar a feeling that things would be good again. “She said, ‘I cry a lot, too, you know.’ ‘I don’t see you cry a lot.’ ‘Maybe that’s because I don’t want you to see me cry a lot.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘Because that isn’t fair to either of us.’” So even though Oskar thinks that she is
Oskar Schell, who is the main character in “Extremely Loud Incredibly Close”, is a 9-year old boy. He has a very good imagination and is very creative. He talks about himself as an atheist, a scientist, a pacifist and an adventurer. He is also a very determined and strong-willed boy. First we get an impression of a happy and joyful kid, but after his father dies in the attack on the World Trade Center, he becomes very unhappy and almost depressed. The funny thing about Oskar is, that his inner thoughts and his struggle with life almost seem like if he was an adult. Oskar is also humoristic and witty. I think Foer choose Oskar, because we as an audience really feel sympathy for him. He is a little kid, and hasn’t learnt to deal with some things in life such as loss. Because of this he is very believable. We understand that he doesn’t know how to handle the situation with his father’s death. Oskar’s way of handling the father’s death, is to figure out a way to get closer to him. He discovers a mysterious key in his father’s closet. The key lays in an envelope with the name “Black” on it. Oskar is sure that his father had been planning an expedition for Oskar, and now he wants to figure out where the key fits. He chooses to visit every person that lives in New York with the last name “Black”, and ask him or her if they know anything about his dad. This shows how determined Oskar really is.
Another character that appears in the film is Oskar’s mother. In the start of the story, she doesn’t seem like an important character, but in the end we understand how much effort she has put into protecting Oskar. Compared to Oskar she tries to stay strong, to give Oskar a feeling that things would be good again. “She said, ‘I cry a lot, too, you know.’ ‘I don’t see you cry a lot.’ ‘Maybe that’s because I don’t want you to see me cry a lot.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘Because that isn’t fair to either of us.’” So even though Oskar thinks that she is