Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

1. The novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is written in the first person perspective from the point of view of the main character, Oskar Schell. This connects you more with Oskar while he goes about on his quest. Also, it would be much less interesting to read were it told in a different way, because a lot of the most interesting things are Oskar's thoughts, not so much his actions.

2. Oskar Schell is a 9 year old boy who lives in New York with his mother. His father died on 9/11, which took place two years prior to the novel. While looking through some of his father's old things, he accidentally breaks a vase, which has a key inside of it. He makes it his quest to find what this mysterious key unlocks. In a way, he is searching desperately for a piece of his father, who he misses greatly.

3. One of the images in the novel is the last page of marker tests that has Oskar's father's name written on it. It is written in red in neat handwriting among all the other names and colors that other people left. This image adds a sort of surprise to the narrative because you aren't really expecting anything different to be on that page of marker tests after the first couple. If you were to skip over the pages as if they meant nothing, you would have to turn back in confusion and look again at the page, as the page starts off with talking about the name.