Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Analytical Essay

By placing narrative within this cultural and political context, American novel defines the post 9/11 literary perspective on the basis of American political orientations as well as the relationship between politics and aesthetics, and between history and narratives. Jonathan Foer's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005) and Don DeLillo’s Falling Man (2007) are pervaded by the state's politics and attitudes towards the Arabs and Muslims in general. This the reality of post 9/11 American novel is a manifestation of the political hegemony and cultural superiority on the rivals. Though this reality doesn't touch the writers personally, it, however, is the concern of the state and embodies its realm of dominance and imperialism. Representation Arab characters in the both Extremely Loud and Falling Man succeeded in covering the concern of the politics; it is representation which is marked by a clumsy and sweeping generalization on the represented subjects.
Such a technique doesn't allow innocent characters to prove themselves in good manners and escape the evil a small group. Falling Man demonstrates the ways Arab identity is impacted by the 9/11 events which are reflections of both political and personal views. In this novel, the subject matter is Arab terrorism, the source of terrorism is Islam and the dominant image is hijacking and bombing. These views will continue in American novel as long as the American desire in the Middle East and America-Arab rivalry continue. Further, this huge volume of representations in post 9/11 American novel, of course, has been due to the accumulation of several factors; in addition to 9/11 there have been bombings of US embassies, Gulf Wars and Oklahoma