One item that makes the bond between the parent(s) and child so strong is the sacrifices made to make one another happy. In the book Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Oskar sacrificed his emotional needs to protect his mom by taking extreme measures to hide the answering machine(Foer 81). Even though …show more content…
Thomas Jr. Put a note under the swing in the park because he knew Oskar would look hard to solve his expedition and hopefully face some fears while he's at it. The little clues that were left for Oskar is the unspoken love. Oskar also told his mom he wishes it was her that died in the 9/11 attack instead of his dad (Foer 201). Even thoug Oskar insulted his mother, she still looked in his room trying to understand him like his dad would have. There's good and bad that come with the relationship between the parent and child. Through all the good and bad that may happen, you still love your parent(s) or