The final part offers hope for fresh starts. Playing a video game,Michel tells his grandmother that he is “dead,” she asks him, “In the game?” This question demands consideration that for Marie-Laure, death is not mainly a fiction in a video game; it is a aching, survived experience. Michel’s reply that he can always start a new game is noteworthy.The hope for starting again, even though it means something much different in the video game perspective than it does to Marie-Laure, nevertheless Marie-Laure mirrors the new life she sees around her in 2014, new life that is alive in her
