Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

 Book menu for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

ISBN of edition I read:  0618711651 (trade paperback)

Food mentioned in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close:
General Tso's Gluten, 8
Coffee, 16-17, 82-3, 88, 93, 149, 154, 156
Sweet rolls, 16-19
Krackle chocolate bar, 36
Fig Newtons, 87
Juice boxes, 87, 203, 321
Orange juice, 93
Grapes, 94
Strawberries, 94
Cookies, 94
Vegan cupcakes, 101
Dehydrated ice cream, 104, 234, 288
Funnel cakes, 149
Cotton candy, 149
Hot dogs, 149
Finger sandwiches, 150
Tea, 154
Creme brulee, 193
Tamales, 196
Pain au chocolat, 201
Iced coffee, 243
Pumpkin pie, 277

Books/Authors mentioned in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close :
William Shakespeare, 1, 37
     Hamlet, 3, 51, 70, 87, 99, 142, 168, 322
Honore de Balzac, 4
A Brief History of Time / Stephen Hawking, 11, 86, 190, 192, 226
Larousse Pocket Dictionary, 87
Edna St. Vincent Millay, 90
The Way Things Work series series, 102
F. Scott Fitzgerald , 153-4
Gone with the Wind / Margaret Mitchell, 154
Ovid's Metamorphoses , 209

Movies mentioned in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close:
Harry Potter, 192
An Affair to Remember, 249

Music mentioned in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close :
The Beatles, 40, 99
     "Yellow Submarine", 1
     "I am the Walrus", 12, 298, 326
     "Fixing a Hole", 14 
     "Something in the way she moves", 156
     "Eleanor Rigby", 163
     "Hey Jude", 207
"The Flight of the Bumblebee / Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 3, 321
The Shape of Jazz to Come , 157
"The Sunken Cathedral " / Debussy, 162

Magazines mentioned in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close:
National Geographic , 3, 256

Libraries mentioned in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close:
pages: 156, 162, 190, 208, 216, 222, 235

Discussion questions for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close:
There are many references to Shakespeare's Hamlet in this novel.  What is the significance?  Are there any parallels between the novel's story and Hamlet?

What did you think of the many images (photos, drawings) in this novel?  Did they add to the story?  Where they distracting?

Describe how Grandma, Oskar, his mother, and Grandpa cope with Thomas's death. 

Describe Grandma and Grandpa's relationship/marriage.