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Plot: The exposition of this book is rather unique, because instead of taking place solely in one spot, it was scattered throughout the book. The beginning introduces the main conflict –who owns the key –but not who the characters are as people. It takes a majority of the book for the reader to understand the characters. Foer decided to write the book like this to make it more like reality. It takes a long time to really get to know another person, and by withholding information about the characters he displays this. By the time the reader fully meets the characters, they feel connected to them. This makes it so the reader cares about the characters being able to move on and become happy once again.
Most of the conflicts in this book were man v. self. Everyone in this story is dealing with something but completely on their own. They can’t get help from other people, because first they have to be willing to confront it themselves. One of the inner conflicts seen in this book is the one Thomas Schell Sr. has within himself. He thinks he deserves nothing in this world, and sees himself as a bad human being. He felt so guilty about everything he’d done, he said “I want you to know, at least, that it’s not out of selfishness that I am …show more content…
When I finally started reading it, I was so happy it was as good as I had hoped. I didn’t want the story to end, even though I cried at least six times while reading it, which I haven’t done since I read Everybody Sees the Ants. My favorite parts were by far those from Oskar’s grandpa’s perspective. It was so heart-wrenching to read about all of the things he couldn’t deal with. His chapters were so sad, but I thought they were so wonderful. The content in this book is relevant to many people, because so many think it’s not okay to feel sad about something. I think this book is going to stick with me for a long