Incredibly Loud And Extremely Close Review Essay

As a very young child, I had always had a vast interest in the happenings of 9/11, to the point I obliviously almost became obsessed. From watching countless documentaries to asking my parents the experiences they had on that fateful day. I was extremely fascinated, but at the same time, I felt low in spirits because I still couldn’t grasp the fact of why so many people had to lose their life’s. Of course, as being obsessed with 9/11, I would watch countless films based on the events, including a movie titled: Incredibly Loud & Extremely Close. I mean, the title really says it all. I even read the novel, which is a great read in which I highly recommend. The movie opens up with a boy named Oskar Schell who had recently lost his father in what he calls it “the worst day”, also known as 9/11. Oskar, only nine years old has the mind of a genius. The way in which he thinks is unique from others on a higher level. With the good also comes the bad. Oskar also suffered from many anxieties, post traumatic stress after the events of losing his father and even the act of self-harm. He overthought every little and simple idea and

Thomas would create expeditions for his son to go on, the most recent one, was trying to locate the sixth borough in New York that had supposedly “floated away”, according to Thomas. Thomas was Oskars safe place. After the loss of his father, he decided to “not stop looking”, in which his father encircled in a newspaper article just before he passed. After not being in his father’s closet for one year, he decides to go in. He happens to find a key in his father’s jacket pocket, in which he thinks will unlock something that will bring him closer to his dad. On the back of the envelope, in which the key is enclosed in, the last name black had been inscribed. This brings him ultimately to his second big