This lesson contains 15 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.
Lesson duration is: 30 min
Items in this lesson
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Slide 1 - Slide
Purpose of this lesson
A recap of the novel
Characters
Themes
Symbols
Setting
Structure
Slide 2 - Slide
ELIC: Characters
Oskar Schell
Grandma and Grandpa (Thomas Schell Sr. aka The Renter)
Mom and Dad (Thomas Schell Jr.)
Mr A.R. Black
Abby and William Black
and many minor characters mostly called Black
Slide 3 - Slide
ELIC: Themes
* Mortality and the purpose of life;
* National and personal tragedy;
* Grief and how to cope with it;
* Love and family;
* Isolation, Communication & Language;
* Puzzles and cleverness;
Slide 4 - Slide
ELIC: Symbols
* Keys and Doorknobs;
* Telephones and answering machines;
* Letters, Notes and Notebooks;
* Science, Mathematics and Inventions;
* the Empty Coffin;
* Heavy Boots;
* Grandpa's hands;
* The name Black;
* The sixth Borough;
Slide 5 - Slide
ELIC: Setting
1. New York City 2003
2. The Sixth Borough
3. Dresden, Germany, 1945
Slide 6 - Slide
ELIC: Structure
The structure of the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is unusual from the beginning, with the mixing of different narratorsand syntax styles, but Jonathan Safran Foer also regularly interrupts the story by adding different pages which contain:
1) Photos (e.g. p. 53 photo with keys)
2) a single phrase (e.g. p. 20, "And I wouldn't say no to something sweet").
3) or are Blank (e.g. p 121, 122 & 123)
Slide 7 - Slide
What other elements does ELIC have, apart from 'the story'?
Slide 8 - Open question
Photo Challenge
In groups of three using the breakout room in Teams
Choose ONE theme, ONE character, ONE symbol and ONE scene
Take the best picture possible of something representing the theme, character and symbol (one photo = one member of the group)
Take the best screenshot possible of your group acting out the scene
Add your photo per group to the next slides
Slide 9 - Slide
Theme
Slide 10 - Open question
Character
Slide 11 - Open question
Symbol
Slide 12 - Open question
Scene
Slide 13 - Open question
Slide 14 - Video
How does this ending compare to the ending of the novel?