Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Essay

Journal 2: "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" Trachimbrod in 1791 is the place where Jonathan, alex's friend, has traced his parents roots. One day, a wagon plunges into the Brod river, which runs through the town. The W twins, Hannah and Chana, are first to arrive at the scene. They jumped into the river, shocked by the amount of strange objects rising from the wreckage. This place is divided into two sections: the "Jewish Quarter and the Human Three-Quarters". But both sections have Jews. Religious activities are confined to the Jewish Quarter, while other non-religous activities are confined to the Human Three-Quarters. These sections are divided by the Jewish/Human fault line, which is "constantly changing along with the ratio of Jews to Humans". There was alot of argument about who was driving the wagon. 'Sofiowka N' takes the lead. He cannot settle on one description of what happened, although he is sure that he witnessed the accident. He says that the driver was a man named Trachim, from the city of Rovno. Sofiowka is mad and unreliable they say, but the townspeople believe him. Once it is agreed that Trachim must be dead beneath the water, those present argue over what to do. The people argue constantly about meaningless issues. Suddenly in the midst of argument, a newborn girl rises from the water. The baby was born just before--or during--the accident. She floats in the wreckage. I'm not seeing if this is my sort of book or not, the crash was sort of exciting and fun to read about but I'm not sure if following this group on their travels will be all that enjoyable. I do feel that this scene foreshadows something soon to happen later in the book, something adventurous or maybe the baby survives and the take her in, and maybe the book is centered around