Period+1+Questions

#1) Group members: Marcus Desir, Alex Garcia, Nihir Parikh, Alex Richard
> > Read pages: 108, bottom of 109-110, 111, and pages 311-312 for reference __**Wednesday-9.28** __
 * In Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, the relationship between Oscar’s grandmother and his grandfather is a bit bizarre. Why is their relationship so obscure? Why did they fill their apartment with “nothing places” and “something places,” what do they represent? By the end of the novel, we’re left wondering whether Oscar’s grandfather had fully loved Oscar’s grandmother or not. Explain your point of view on their relationship, and what could have been inhibiting it. Where did Oscar’s grandparents end up in the end of the novel? How does this reflect how people communicate?
 * Kelly, Victoria, Kristy, Chelsy,Melanie

> **In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Oscar recieves calls from his father before he died, and later listens to messages that his father left. **Why does Oscar never answer the phone calls from his father? Why does Oscar feel that its nesessairy to change the phones? Why does Oscar share the messages with a complete stranger but never his mother? Why doesn't Oskar answer his dad when he was calling and when his dad asked "are you there?" eleven times? Was he afraid of what his dad would say? Read pages- 14, 69, 168,207,280, 255, 301. > __**Friday-9.30** __ > ====Mike, Liz, Aryanna, Ben====

Group discussion question: Do you think Oskar acts like a regular kid? Does he treat the death of his father like an average child would and are his methods of coping affective? Does the way he think affect the way he copes compared to us? In what ways do his coping strategies compare to yours?

Pages 4-9

Abby, Carl, Anthony, Matt
Oskar’s grandfather loses his ability to speak in an unusual way. He lost his language one word at a time. What do you think the reason behind this peculiar condition is? Why is “I” the last word he was able to speak? What is the significance of this word? How are other characters in the novel unable to communicate effectively?

pg 16-17, 171, 301

Allie, Joe, Dominique, and Zach Oskar and his quest have a liberating effect on Mr. Black. Oskar brings him out of his house, and he also turns on his hearing aid. What made Mr. Black leave the apartment with Oskar? Did Oskar's mother request that Mr. Black travel with Oskar? What made Mr. Black abandon the quest? What was it with the encounter with Ruth that changed him? Did Oskar liberate Mr. Black too much? pg 164-168, 247-254