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Jonathan Foer's Novel 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close'

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Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, delves into issues of generational trauma. This narrative depicts the life of a young boy named Oskar who becomes further troubled by the demise of his father during 911. However, the protagonist’s psychological issues originate from trans-generational events despite him exhibiting them predominantly after experiencing the traumatic death of his father. To comprehend the main character’s inability to achieve agency, the author delineates character backgrounds of previous generations. The earliest generation being analyzed was that of Oskar’s grandmother and grandfather. Oskar’s grandmother was conveyed as unstable due to the deprivation of recognition she received as a child.
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