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1. What is the theme (moral or message) of the novel? What is the author trying to teach the readers?
2. Explain in detail the direct and indirect characterization of your favorite character. Direct = superficial, physical characteristics; Indirect = motivations, relationships, actions, etc.
3. What role does the setting play in the novel? How would the story be different if the setting were changed?
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ReplyDeleteExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel Jonathan S Foer
The theme of Extremely close and Incredibly loud is that no matter what the world throws at you. If you are tenacious then you can discover yourself and also how strong you really are. We may not understand why malicious people do what they do. But we can rise and be strong.
My favorite character in this book is the Oskar. He is Autonomous, Benevolent,Audacious,and Extrovert . he was really close to his dad, and tried his best. He suffered a great loss, also he’s just a little boy. Though there is many times in this book were I find myself thinking what in the world is he thinking. Not only him but also other characters also. .
The role of the setting is important due to it’s set before and after September 11. If it was any other setting it wouldn’t have much impact as it did.
The moral of the novel is that we should chariest and not waste time.It is the meaning of time.
ReplyDeleteAlli is my favorite character, in the book it describes her as beautiful and that humility was her cocoon. It shows her being kind , she followed her husband to banishment and she helped the sick , when she didn't have to.
The setting is a major one.. Where it is set in ancient times then in modern times in New York. If the story was changed ancient times it would mess up the whole story. Due to it talks about Father of Time.
The theme of this novel (My Sister’s Keeper) by Jodi Picoult is that no matter how hard you try you can’t always protect everyone from everything. Jodi Picoult makes the family, the character’s seem strong even though their daughter and sister is dying and there’s nothing they can do for her anymore. They keep going through this cycle and finally Anna stands for what she believes in, She takes a stand and says what she believes is right even though it makes living at home with everyone depending on her very tense. Anna is a Teenager whose only reason for being born is to save her sister Kate who has Promyelocytic leukemia, and then out of nowhere she stops being a donor. Her mother and Father believe that if Anna keeps being a donor she’ll save her sister somehow. The setting is like an apple, it grows and it brightens, but if you leave it out for a long time it spoils. The setting in My Sister’s Keeper is always changing and forming. In one moment it’s peaceful and the mood is what everyone dreams of, but then it changes and they’re all fighting and saying hateful things. The story would probably less sad and misunderstood if The Family Accepted the fate that Kate was living, She was dying and yet nobody but Anna, Her father, and her brother felt the need to accept the fact that Kate only had a few weeks, or months left.
ReplyDelete1. The moral of the novel is that we should charest and not waste time.
ReplyDelete2. I really did not have a favorite character. I like this book but none of the characters stood out to me as a favorite. I thought they were idiots. I mean a guy who’s work is more important than his wife, in my opinion that’s just cold. A girl wants to end her life because of a guy and is on top of her class. That girl needs to look on the bright side of life and move on. And furthermore a guy that had a great time on his life wants to live on forever? That’s just vacuous.
3. The setting is a major one. Where it is set in ancient times then in modern times in New York. If the story was changed ancient times it would mess up the whole story. Due to it talks about Father of Time.
1. The moral of The Lovely Bones was to be careful who you are to trust but make sure to always trust your instinct or yourself. In the story Susie trust Mr. Harvey and follows him into the hiding place in the cornfield where she is then murdered. If susie would have trusted herself knowing it wasn't right she would have never been murdered that cold december night. The author is making a point to say many time throughout the book that if you stick with your instinct and trust yourself more likely than not you will come out ahead and things will be alright.
ReplyDelete2. My favorite character would be Sudie Salmon. Susie was 14 at the time of her murder, she wore a nice parka with a hat that her mother had made her as a gift. Susie fought to get away from Mr. Harvey in the underground hole that he had made yet she wasn't strong enough. That goes to show Susie was a fighter and was not to give up on things easily. Before Susie’s death she had kissed a boy for the first time named Ray Singh.This was a big deal to Susie and as she was in heaven she looked over Ray and Ruth the girl Susie had touched and seen as she was leaving the earth.
3. The setting plays a major role in The Lovely Bones it was December 6, 1973 the day Susie got murdered. It was a cold day out and Susie wanted to take a shortcut through the cornfield behind their house and get home faster when along the way she met Mr. Harvey and her curiosity got the best of her. If she wouldn't have taken the short cut through the cornfield she would have most likely lived that day and it wouldn't have ended the way it did. The story would have changed a lot if the setting did not take place around the Salmon’s home near the cornfield because it would have never lead Jack Salmon to think George Harvey was the one that killed his daughter.
The moral of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close to me is tragedy and trauma effect everyone in a different way whether it be physically, emotionally or psychologically.
ReplyDeleteThe author is trying to explain to us that grief comes in many stages. In this particular terrible situation, Oskar showed throughout his journey to find answers that he experienced anger, saddness, love, loneliness and acceptance. Some of the many stages of grief.
Oskar portrayed a very mature yet eccentric and onry personality. Oskar also became very motivated and determined to find answers after the death of his father.
The role of this setting is a very emotional and tragic time .September 11, 2001 was a very terrible tragic event for the lives of many Americans who are also still effected by it today. This story would be incomplete to me if the setting was any different Oskar's fathered worked in New York City in a high rise office building that was struck and he died. The story also talked about his search for the 6th burrow , which would have made no sense as well if it was not portrayed from the New York City setting .
It's saying that even tho your dreams are not going to happen you should still like what you are doing. You need to find something good about what you are doing. Enjoy what you are doing because there is always something good about what you are doing. you can't always do what you like, you have to whatever has to be done. its like a job, you might not like what you are doing but you do it because its needs to be done. also because you are getting paid to do what they want not what you want to do.
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