1. Mathias Fjord, Hc, Jonathan, og Michael
j 1. 1. We think that”incredibly close” refers to all the persons in New York that have Black as last name. But we couldn't figure out what "extremely loud" could refer to.
2. 2. We think the book is very easy to read. The language isn’t difficult and very exciting to read. What makes the book good is that we follow 3 persons, the time aspects and the difference between the stories from the grandfather and grandmother. The pictures in the book are also a good idea as they help you to understand the situations and as pictures say more than a thousand words, we get a lot out of the pictures. Some of them are a bit odd placed and hard to understand but that makes possibilities for a deeper analysis of the book.
3. 3. There are a lot of pages with few words, and some with so many that the text blurs. An example of a page with few words, is when we see what the pages in the grandfathers book says, and when Oscar is listening through the door to his doctor. A page with too many words is when the grandfather gets too many thoughts through his head, when he is going to have sex with his “exgirlfriend”. Another funny page is those with the red markings, which shows that the father have read and corrected the letter from his farther.
These effects make it easier to see what is going on inside the persons head. If they get a lot of information or very little. This can be VERY confusing if you can’t see what is happening, but very funny if you do understand the effects in the book.
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Doorknobs: if you can see through the keyhole is when you can see into person’s life, and when you can’t see through the keyhole is when you can’t see what happens in the person’s life
Falling man: is because Oscar tries to make the episode seem more positive, that the man flies up in the building and come home to his family.
Writing samples: gives an illustration of how people write “Green” with a green color, and “Red” with a red. This shows how Oscar gets on the track of a certain Black.
The cover: it shows the grandfathers’ left hand that says yes. We thinks that it is an indirectly way for the author to “approve” the book. Also it represents a very dominating way to communicate in the book. By writing on the hands.
5. We think it isn't respectless, but the Americans sure don’t. They have banned all the materials from 9/11 in the media and you can’t see anything unless you use un-American sites. It’s a question of culture, because we do not feel it’s wrong. But in USA it is a taboo.
The happening of 9/11 doesn’t have more meaning to the book than the father died, which triggers the whole plot.
