In this case, it's Victor's father talking about how he and Victor won a basketball game between them and some clergy of a church. Victor's father says that Victor made the winning shot at the last second. As seen in the film, Victor states that his father's memories of the events were not accurate, so the audience could speculate that Victor's father was using his imagination. The reason Victor's father used his imagination was due to the anger he felt because his son had not made the winning shot. This is a perfect example of how anger and imagination can be used in harmony to lead to survival. In the case of Victor's father, the equation "Survival = Anger X Imagination" is very true and obvious. This proves that Alexie's equation is fully applicable to at least one character. This event may have been the event that gave Alexie the inspiration to write the equation herself. For Victor's father, survival was only possible thanks to his anger and his imagination. It is a perfect example of the clarity with which the equation can