Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Foil 1 key example

Key Examples in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Chapter 2, “Why I’m Not Where You Are (5/21/63)”
Explanation and Analysis—Oskar and Grandpa:

Especially in their responses to grief, Oskar and Grandpa are foils throughout the novel. In his letter "Why I'm Not Where You Are," Thomas Schell Sr. tells his unborn child:

To my unborn child: I haven’t always been silent, I used to talk and talk and talk and talk, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut, the silence overtook me like a cancer.