Heath Ledger : Sacrifice
Hamid Karzai : War
Ingmar Guandique : Murder
Charla Nash : Unlucky
William Jackson : Spy
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A metaphor is the application of one image or word to an idea that is not literally applicable. "She tripped over the memory like a shoe in the dark", for example, is a metaphor. The subject didn't actually trip over anything, but the imagery is similar and assists in illustrating the mood and context of the idea. The image of the roller coaster on p148 can be applied as a metaphor for Oskar's mood swings. In the text, he wonders if the steep hill of the coaster feels like falling, and though he doesn't come out and say so, it's clear he's thinking about the falling people on the tower, wondering if his father was one of them. This may explain why his very next thought is of his Dad's instructions in physics.
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