Raison D'Etre: Never Commit Crimes Against One's Self
Raison d'être : Never Commit Crimes Against One's Self
When reading a novel, one is overcome with many emotions. Such emotions including sadness, happiness, laughter, etc. Both Extremely Loud & Incredibly Closer and Mother Night bring up some of the same emotions, not only that but they also cover some of the same themes and their characters are similar. Overall both books were similar, however since they were not direct copies of each other there are also some key differences such as plot and setting. One must of course understand both novels, before they compare and contrast the two.
First there is Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. This novel revolves around the life of a unique youngster, Oskar Schell. On September 11, Oskar tragically loses his father due to the events at the World Trade Center in New York. What makes it even worse, is along with his father Oskar seems to lose his mother as well. One day, while in his father's room, Oskar knocks over a vase and discovers an envelope with the name “Black” on it and inside the envelope is a key. This key is very important to Oskar as it seems like the last thing he has left of his father, he is determed to find out what exactly the key opens. Along the way Oskar interacts with many people, including countless Black's and “The Renter” who just happens to be Oskar's grandfather, Thomas Schell. In the end Oskar discovers that the key doesn't have anything to do with his dad, in fact it belongs to someone else. However, after going through this long journey Oskar is finally able to give up the key, which as stated before was the last thing he has left of his dad. In the end Oskar never really discovers anything more about his dad's death, but he connects with his mother once again and finally discovers a new guardian in his grandfather.
Next it's onto Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night. This novel is set a little further back, it focuses on Howard W. Campbell Jr., a prisoner who is to stand...
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