Admittedly when I started reading Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close I didn’t expect much out of the book but after getting into it im starting to get a little interested in reading more. Oskars personality and quirks makes the reading more colorful and makes me wanna keep reading just to see what other crazy and hilarious things he would do next. The book made it hard to keep up since it jumped from one story to the next but all the little stories of him as a kid and his little adventures reminds me of how much being a kid and being young is so much fun and filled with things to be seen and learn.
The introduction of the mysterious key does a great job of getting readers to keep reading but I feel like the main purpose and theme of the book isn’t for him to find what the key unlocks. I feel like the key is more of a metaphor or a catalysis that is supposed to lead him on a journey to get over the death of his father and allow him to grow and mature further.
How I imagine Oskar
That also makes a good point because even though Oskar sets out to find the answers to his questions on his own, it was his interaction with other people and strangers that really help him to find what he was looking for. The best way for someone to get over a loss is to surround themselves with people and talk about it so making himself tell the total truth to all the people with the name Black really helped him.
