ELIC lesson Introduction

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Purpose of this lesson

An Introduction into the nature of the novel 

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

its stories

its pain

its coping with loss

its humanity

Have you ever heard of the bombing of Dresden?

Yes

No

Not sure

Have you ever heard of what happened in Hiroshima?

Yes

No

Not sure

What do you know about 9/11?

What do these three short films have in common?

Have you already read or heard of the novel
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close?
Have you seen the film?

The Book

In a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11, nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key...

The key belonged to his father, he's sure of that. But which of New York's 162 million locks does it open?

So begins a quest that takes Oskar - inventor, letter-writer and amateur detective - across New York's five boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives, and complete strangers. he gets heavy boots, he gives himself little bruises and he inches ever nearer to the heart of a family mystery that stretches back fifty years. But will it take him any closer to, or further from, his lost father?

What is their relation with the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close?

Main character

Read about Oskar by clicking on the link on the next page. 

Keep the following questions in mind:

- What is his personality like?

- How does he deal with the loss of his father?

The story

Have a look at the literary terms in the back of your literature booklet.

Then read the fragment from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

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