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This 4 page paper analyzes the character of Grandfather in “Everything is Illuminated” by Jonathan Safran Foer. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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a wise and respected elder, the character is a keeper of a devastating secret that ultimately destroys him. Discussion The novel is wildly inventive and very funny despite its handling
of disturbing material. The basic story is about Jonathan, an American Jew, who has come to Ukraine to try and find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis.
His guide for this attempt is Alex, and its Alex who delights readers with his weird broken English; he opens the novel with some of the loopiest observations ever written,
including this one: "Many girls want to be carnal with me in many good arrangements, notwithstanding the Inebriated Kangaroo, the Gorky Tickle and the Unyielding Zookeeper" (Foer 2). Readers are
left to imagine what an Unyielding Zookeeper might be, and whether its even physically possible. Alex is charming and improbable, but Grandfather is mysterious. He comes along with Alex to
meet Jonathan and help in the search, only to reveal his background one piece at a time. Alex introduces Grandfather to the reader explaining that he is even fatter than
Father (Alexs father), who is very heavy; Alex himself has a paunch, but he says his stomach is hard, it just doesnt have any muscles (Foer). Grandfather worked all his
life, mostly at farming, but now "he is retarded and lives on our street" (Foer 4). Throughout the book, Alexs strangled English provides clues to whats really going on, and
the use of "retarded" for "retired" gives readers the idea that Grandfather is not what he seems to be. Is he mentally ill? In a sense, yes, because he is
suffering from a depression that deepens as the book goes on. But it can also be argued that Grandfather has been changing for years, and that change continues through
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