Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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In deze les zitten 29 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 3 videos.

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Slide 2 - Video

Slide 3 - Video

What do these short films have in common?

Slide 4 - Woordweb

Jot down what you know about 9/11 and the bombings of Dresden.

Slide 5 - Woordweb

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

There are 3 settings in this story: write them down.

Slide 7 - Open vraag

ELIC Setting:
1. New York City 2003
2. The Sixth Borough 
3. Dresden, Germany, 1945

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

What is the 6th borough and what happened to it?

Slide 9 - Woordweb

Why is the setting Dresden, Germany, 1945 important to the story?

Slide 10 - Woordweb

ELIC 
The structure of the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is unusual from the beginning, with the mixing of different narrators and 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 11 - Tekstslide

The main character's name, the one who was introduced to us, is Oskar Schell.
What do we know about him after the first few pages?

Slide 12 - Woordweb

Who is or who are the narrator(s) of this story?

Slide 13 - Woordweb

ELIC: Narrator(s)
The story is told by Oscar, occassionally interrupted by the letters of grandmother and grandfather, who tell the story of Dresden and the bombing in 1945.

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

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 15 - Tekstslide

Oskar Schell
* Nine-year old Protagonist and central narrator;
* Coping with the tragic death of his father Thomas Schell jr.
* suffers from neuroses and phobias, bruises himself when depressed;
* inspires many during his quest;
* learns to deal with his grief.

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Slide 17 - Video

What happens in this short piece of film?

Slide 18 - Woordweb

What could be a possible theme in this short piece of film?

Slide 19 - Woordweb

Definition of a Theme
The theme in a piece of fiction is its controlling idea or its central insight. It is the author's underlying meaning or main idea that he is trying to convey. The theme may be the author's thoughts about a topic or view of human nature. The title of the story may point to what the writer is trying to say and he may use various figures of speech to emphasize the theme, such as: symbol, allusion, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or irony.   

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

How is the theme
LOVE portrayed in Oscar?

Slide 21 - Woordweb

How is the theme Love present in Grandpa and Grandma?

Slide 22 - Woordweb

The theme Death is important in the story as well. Jot down who suffers (4x) from this theme and why.

Slide 23 - Open vraag

Who suffers from Trauma and survivor's guilt in ELIC?

A
mother and Oskar
B
grandfather and grandmother
C
mother, Oskar, grandfather and grandmother
D
nobody

Slide 24 - Quizvraag

What are the two main themes in this story?

Slide 25 - Woordweb

Which characters suffer from grief?
A
Mother, Oskar and Grandpa
B
Mother, Oskar and Grandma
C
Oskar, Grandma and Grandpa
D
Oskar, Mother, Grandma and Grandpa

Slide 26 - Quizvraag

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 27 - Tekstslide

Write down two symbols in this novel.

Slide 28 - Woordweb

Symbols Elic
* 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 29 - Tekstslide