<3 Mallory
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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The main character in the story is a nine-year-old boy names Oskar Schell. He is a curious and sensitive child, with a crazy imagination that is sometimes a little out there. His father died two years earlier on 9/11 and was a pacifist, vegan, and a musician who played the tambourine. His father was very intelligent and a very earnest man. Oskar plans on searching for what the key he found means. He found it in a blue vase in his father's closet. The grandmother also plays a role in Oskar's life in much of the story. His grandparents are German and much of the heritage is relevant throughout the beginning. The story is presented as a series of letters addressed to Oskar or his dad.
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I like how the story is presented in a series of letters to his father. I like how the little boy is telling the story. The book starts off really confusing but when you keep reading you start to get into the book and it makes sense. I am looking forward to getting deeper into the story. Something that really made me think was how his father dies. I dont know what i would do or how i would be after my father died. It amazes me for a boy his age to have to deal with the loss of his father.
ReplyDeleteSo far, i think the book is interesting, but it is also extremely confusing. I had to re-read some sections in the book a couple of times just to get the main concept of the book.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, i thought the interesting. It reminds of the Canterbury Tales because there was a massive introduction to a lot of characters. A main difference between the two books is that Loud and Close has a main character and the Canterbury Tales (from what we read) did not.