Q2: Blog6

I DID IT!!!!!

That's right, I finished Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It took me forever, but I'm finally done. So yay!! Now onto my analysis/ opinions on the book.

It would help if you could completely ignore my last post. I was wrong. Oskar's father did die. I guess I knew something was funny and couldn't quite figure out what it was, so I made a slightly ridiculous guess. The 'Thomas Schell' who wrote his name all over the pads of paper at the art store is actually Oskar's grandfather, who has the same name. That makes a lot more sense.

And Oskar's mom knew that he was going to the Blacks' houses. She actually called them before he went over there to warn them. Which explains another thing. I was always curious as to how Oskar's mother never questioned him being out for so long, and why Oskar's french teacher never made a phone call to Oskar's mother wondering why he got a note saying Oskar quit taking french lessons, but he would still be paid. Personally, I would be curious about a situation like that.

As for the key, Oskar found it's owner. Abby Black, who Oskar had talked to second, called to say that the key belonged to her ex-husband. To make a long story short, he had mistakenly sold the blue vase with the key in it to Oskar's dad. So Oskar really had no connection to the key after all, which was disappointing for him.

The book ended with a scene of Oskar and his mother crying together, a sweet ending to a book where Oskar and his mother seem to have no connection to each other, especially concerning Oskar's father's death.