A Response to 9/11 by Jonathan Safran Foer

Question 16 • *CR English 3 S2 [E3060OX]

Which line from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a sentimental tone?

Answer

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.

His tuxedo was over the chair he used to sit on when he tied his shoes, and I thought, Weird. Why wasn’t it hung up with his suits?

Had he come from a fancy party the night before he died? But then why would he have taken off his tuxedo without hanging it up? Maybe it needed to be cleaned? But I didn’t remember a fancy party.

If I hadn’t noticed anything else weird, I wouldn’t have thought about the tuxedo again. But I started noticing a lot.

Explanation

Choice A has a sentimental tone because the speaker finds comfort in being near the deceased person’s belongings and touching things he had touched. The detail about straightening the hangers, even while knowing it would not matter, conveys affection and longing. The other choices mainly describe confusion and questions about the tuxedo.

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