Question

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes, but I couldn’t sleep, not after hours, and it made my boots lighter to be around his things, and to touch stuff that he had touched, and to make the hangers hang a little straighter, even though I knew it didn’t matter. How does the narration affect Oskar’s credibility in this excerpt?

How does the narration affect Oskar’s credibility in this excerpt?
A. His insomnia renders him sleep deprived and confused.
B. His efforts to heal render him earnest and genuine.
C. His obsessive straightening makes him seem unstable.
D. His hopeless resignation makes him seem desperate.

Answer 1

B. His efforts to heal render him earnest and genuine.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The narration affects Oskar’s credibility in this excerpt because his efforts to heal render him earnest and genuine.

Step-by-step explanation:

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a story about how to cope with a loss and it is narrated from the point of view of Oskar, a little kid who is coping with the tragic loss of his father. Since it is narrated in a first-person perspective it makes the character very fragile and open to the reader, we can see in this excerpt how he tries to overcome the pain.