By: Michael Barajas, Emilio Valadez, Frank Ramos
Metaphors
 Plenty of metaphors are used throughout the entire
book.
 On page 71 Oskar mentions that he feels like there was
“a hole in the middle,” of him.
Voice
 In the early part of the book, Foer is able to portray the
young characteristics of Oskar by talking how a 9 or 10
year old would.
Rhythm
 Throughout the book it shows that Oskar’s tone of
voice is more of a face paced, and childish manner
while the grandmother would speak in a more mature
way. The sense in rhythm is very different from the
two. The Grandfather talks with everything put
together.
Repetition
 In different parts of the book Foer will mention one
thing, he’ll then use the same phrase in a different
part. Often times, the Grandma will mention that
something isn’t “One hundred dollars,” or that her eyes
are crummy. He will also use anaphoras throughout
the text.
Foreshadowing
 Foreshadowing was used to go back and forth between
points in the book. Oskar talks about his father before
anything happens and then he’ll talk about events
after things happened to his father.
Allusion
 Foer never seems to mention 9/11 directly. He does talk
about the event as “ The morning of the bombing,” and
“Planes going into buildings. Bodies falling.”
Parallel Structures
 On page 74 Foer uses parallel structures to flow from
the events of the day Thomas Schell died.
Oskar
 Each day there is something that reminds Oskar of his
Dad, and these thoughts never seem to end. His
innocence is also shown by the way he counts his lies
and his disappointments.
Pictures
 Oskar uses the pictures in his journal to remind him of
an event that has happened. The author uses these
pictures to give you an image of what is going on and
sometimes as a foreshadow of what will happen.