This week I have been reading “extremely loud and incredibly close” for my ASTU 100 class. The book depicts the story of Oskar, a nine year old boy whose father dies in the terror attacks on the world trade center on September 11 2001. Oskar is described as being a troubled child, he frequently describes feeling depressed and the feeling that he is wearing heavy boots which weigh him down. Since his father died he struggled with issues such as depression and multiple other issues. He has an extremely active imagination and his thoughts often wander to things which most people would consider impossible, but Oskar comes up which a massive amount of invention ideas which I believe kind of helped him to escape reality. It allowed him to go to someplace where he could control how things worked. One day while looking through some of his father’s things he finds a key with the word “Black” on it. After finding this key he sets out on a mission across New York City to find the lock to which the key belongs. The book is a story about Oskar looking for answers to questions which most people couldn’t answer for him and so he has to find them himself.
Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
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