Symbol Of ‘Key’ Object In Jonathan Safran’s “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
The protagonist of the story is Oskar Schell, a nine-year-old intelligent, eccentric, and clever boy who manages to self-identify numerous things, which includes origamist, inventor, amateur archaeologist, and amateur entomologist. As a narrator, he contemplates topics at a deeper level and has a high level of empathy. He trusts strangers, makes friends, and keeps assorted collections and hobbies. The search for the key’s lock is, in fact, the search for

