Oskar took the pictures of the the falling man, and put them in reverse order so that instead of falling down towards the ground, the man goes back up towards the building, acting as if the falling never happened. To Oskar, however he pretends this man is his father, and acts as if the attacks never happened and that for one moment in his life that his dad is still alive and is ok. For example, Oskar explains, "We would have been safe"(Foer 326), The flip-book is significant to Oskar because i feel like he finally realizes that no matter what there was nothing he could have done to help his father. He wants his father to come home more than anything in this world, but he starts accepting the fact that he wont come home and that even with his dad gone his life will be ok and that his grandma and mom will be ok as well.
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