It appears for this assignment people are writing full length CCQCs. But for the purposes of commentary and discussion of the book, I don't believe that such a formal writing style is completely necessary. Correct me if I am wrong.
Anyway.
For starters, I found the book absolutely wonderful, and Jonathan Safran Foer's writing style paints Oskar's world with extreme and beautiful detail. However, I would like to share a concept has not yet been discussed in previous postings. I found the book eerily similar to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. If you've read the book, you'll understand. If you haven't, or you've just forgotten what it is about, allow me to give a brief summary. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is about a boy of 15 years who goes by the name of Christopher John Francis Boone. He, similarly Oskar, has a mental deficiency, where his symptoms are overwhelming intelligence accompanied by a socially inverted personality. Whether it be autism or Aspergers Syndrome is left for interpretation in both books. Christopher is single child because because he has lost one of his parents, also like Oskar. In both stories, the plot unfolds with resurfacing information about the deceased parent, and the story not only deals with how this young child deals with the mystery, but how he deals with his mental disability as well. I do not wish to spoil too much about the book, but I believe I've already made my point clear.
I agree with Jared, I feel like it's not necessary for us to each post a full CCQC type entry. We should contribute ideas and questions so that we can better understand the book, as well as help others do the same. Also, we all know that the loss of Oscar's father was tragic and will deeply affect him, so frequently summarizing that isn't really beneficial in my opinion. Let's throw out some ideas and predictions and questions!! Yeah!!
ReplyDeleteYeah Jared. I know exactly what you mean. When I was reading the part about him counting stairs, it reminded me a lot of The Curious Incident. Also Christopher's search for his mother seems very similar to the scavenger hunt Oskar so going on.
ReplyDelete(okay completely unrelated to what you're saying in your commentary but i just noticed this and thought i would share) i liked that you broke up your thoughts while writing this by using "anyway." just because in the book, Oskar seems to do that frequently when his thoughts begin to trail off topic.
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