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Carmine 2022-04-22 07:01:31
Changed from the novel of the same name, it tells a series of stories after the death of his father in 9/11 from the perspective of an 11-year-old boy. Like an oxymoron, a timid and curious boy embarks on a great adventure about the key. The layout of the character and the little actor's emotional restraint and release are very good. All of Blake's attitude toward the Oscars is also a microcosm of Americans' mentality in the face of post-9/11. The silent protection of the mother and the grandfather who eventually returned also had a positive effect on the boy's growth.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close quotes
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Oskar Schell: It's just a box! An empty box!
Linda Schell: I know it's an empty box! I know this. But I did it for me, and I did it for you so we can at least try and say goodbye to him. Because he's gone, Oskar, he's gone and he's not coming back. Never. I don't know why a man flew a plane into a building. I don't know why my husband is dead. But no matter how hard you try, Oskar, it's never gonna make sense because it doesn't. It doesn't... make... sense!
Oskar Schell: Fukozowa you! You don't know anything!
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[first lines]
Oskar Schell: There are more people alive now than have died in all of human history, but the number of dead people is increasing. One day, there isn't going to be any room to bury anyone anymore. So, what about skyscrapers for dead people, that are built down. They could be underneath the skyscrapers for living people, that are built up. We could bury people 100 floors down. And a whole dead world could be underneath the living one.