EXTREMELY LOUD
AND INCREDIBLY
CLOSE
Jonathan Safran Foer
21 FEBRUARI 2019
SANNE ROSKAM
V4B
, Index
Expectations and first reaction...............................................................................................................1
Summary................................................................................................................................................2
Facts.......................................................................................................................................................3
Business facts.....................................................................................................................................3
Biography of Jonathan Safran Foer.....................................................................................................3
Bibliography of the main works of the writer.....................................................................................4
Main characters..................................................................................................................................4
Oskar Schell....................................................................................................................................4
Oskar’s father/ Thomas Schell Jr.....................................................................................................4
Oskar’s mother...............................................................................................................................4
Oskar’s grandmother......................................................................................................................4
Oskar’s grandfather/ Thomas Schell Sr...........................................................................................4
Mr. Black.........................................................................................................................................4
Title explanation.................................................................................................................................4
Other information..............................................................................................................................5
Genre..............................................................................................................................................5
Setting.............................................................................................................................................5
Themes...........................................................................................................................................5
Style................................................................................................................................................5
Structure.........................................................................................................................................5
Explanation of quotation........................................................................................................................5
Quote..................................................................................................................................................5
Explanation.........................................................................................................................................6
Evaluation and final verdict....................................................................................................................6
Sources...................................................................................................................................................6
Expectations and first reaction
Expectation:
- I was in the library the other day and I was reading a book, The talented Mr. Ripley, and I was
bored because I didn’t like that book. A friend say me and said: I think I know a nicer book. So
he showed me Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. When I saw the book and read the back
1
AND INCREDIBLY
CLOSE
Jonathan Safran Foer
21 FEBRUARI 2019
SANNE ROSKAM
V4B
, Index
Expectations and first reaction...............................................................................................................1
Summary................................................................................................................................................2
Facts.......................................................................................................................................................3
Business facts.....................................................................................................................................3
Biography of Jonathan Safran Foer.....................................................................................................3
Bibliography of the main works of the writer.....................................................................................4
Main characters..................................................................................................................................4
Oskar Schell....................................................................................................................................4
Oskar’s father/ Thomas Schell Jr.....................................................................................................4
Oskar’s mother...............................................................................................................................4
Oskar’s grandmother......................................................................................................................4
Oskar’s grandfather/ Thomas Schell Sr...........................................................................................4
Mr. Black.........................................................................................................................................4
Title explanation.................................................................................................................................4
Other information..............................................................................................................................5
Genre..............................................................................................................................................5
Setting.............................................................................................................................................5
Themes...........................................................................................................................................5
Style................................................................................................................................................5
Structure.........................................................................................................................................5
Explanation of quotation........................................................................................................................5
Quote..................................................................................................................................................5
Explanation.........................................................................................................................................6
Evaluation and final verdict....................................................................................................................6
Sources...................................................................................................................................................6
Expectations and first reaction
Expectation:
- I was in the library the other day and I was reading a book, The talented Mr. Ripley, and I was
bored because I didn’t like that book. A friend say me and said: I think I know a nicer book. So
he showed me Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. When I saw the book and read the back
1
