Lauren+survival

=//Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close// =

====**__Summary:__** This book is about an adventurous nine-year-old boy, Oskar Schell, who loses his father in the September 11th terrorists attack on the World Trade Center in New York. Two years after the death of his father, Oskar comes across a box belonging to his father, and inside the box is a key with the word "Black" written on it. After finding the key, Oskar feels it is his responsibilty to find the owner of it. During his journey through New York to find the owner, he stumbles upon the lives of many different people, and learns their stories. This book is a book about healing and learning how to move on. Oskar was surprised at how his mother never seemed upset and actually //laughed// every once in a while after his father died. However, in the end Oskar learns that everyone copes with a loss in a different way, and that it is possible to be happy again. ==== ====*This book is different than most because it has pictures in it that relate to where Oskar is in his journey and what he sees or is thinking about at the time. ====

==== **__Lesson:__** ‍Jonathan Foer did an excellent thing while writing //Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.// He made it book of lessons that everyone can relate to. This book taught me that the key to survival is learning how to heal and cope with situations in life, even if at times you just want to escape and ignore the situation. I learned, similarly to how Oskar did, that eveyone has their own way of coping with situations in life. This book also reinstated the value of family. Oskar was left with only his grandmother and mother, his character teaches you to never take anything for granted because you never know when and how your life could change forever. ‍ ====