Fate. What is fate? Is fate controlled by our own actions or is it controlled by a much bigger being? Is fate controlled by us or are we controlled by fate? Harry S Truman, “actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.” The dictionary defines fate as the development of events beyond a person's control. This stated we do not control fate, but rather fate controls us. Sometimes actions can change fate, fate is a dependent factor that can affect other things and people. In the poems by Inge Auerbacher in the book I Am A Star and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak the audience sees a common theme about fate’s affect on humans and how it’s unpredictable. First, sometimes in both The Book Thief and the poem “Deportation” by Inge Auerbacher …show more content…
in the audience notices that sometimes people do not accept their fate and hope in rewriting fate. In the beginning of The Book Thief, Liesel Meminger gets separated from her mother, Paula Meminger, at first she does not understand why she was separated from her mother on page 32. Zusak writes, “When Liesel arrived in Molching, she had at least some inkling that she was being saved, but that was not a comfort. If her mother loved her, why leave her on someone else’s doorstep? Why? Why?” The poem “Deportation” by Inge Auerbacher, talks about how one day a mother got a letter saying that they were no longer citizens and had to be transferred to a new area. Inge wrote, “Hoping for life as it was before”. This means that she wanted to change her fate so she can have her old, peaceful and safe life back. In The Book Thief, the audience sees that Lisel wants to go back before everything happened and live peacefully with her mom and her brother, but she can’t, she has to follow fate. Secondly, the audience sees that people have to face fate even when they don’t want to.
On page 12 to 13 of The Book Thief, Death refers to fate as a misfortune which is an oxymoron due to the fact that fate and misfortune are antonyms, and says he wants to apologize to Lisel for her fate. Her fate was leaving her mother and brother to go to a foster home in a community that hates Liesl's people, communist with one crazy cranky old woman (later we see she is nice and is loving), and a loving and peaceful old man that has a love for cigarettes, and going through new experiences, such as school, where she originally gets bullied, and have to do stuff that she hates such as book burning. And during this whole new experience, she is constantly reminded of bad memories, like her brother dying and her mother leaving her. Seems like a harsh fate, right? Well this fate leads her to a best friend, Rudy, who always has Liesl's back and is always defending her, who tries to kiss Liesel in the beginning as a reward for if her beat her in the race. Fate also leads her to a loving father, who is always there for her, and teaches her how to read and right and is very kind. In the poem “I Am A Star” by Inge Auerbacher it says, “Beaten and hungry they faced the storm. In the village only women and children were left, Followed by rampage of tremendous ruin and theft.” This shows a fate that these people had to go through. Fate is an unavoidable thing, there is always a way that it will find
its way back to anyone that runs away from it. Lastly, the audience sees that fate is unpredictable and no one really knows what fate holds for them. If anyone knew what their fate held for them they might try to avoid it and try rewrite fate, which is not possible due to the fact that fate is in control of us, not the other way. In the poem “In The Hospital” by Inge Auerbacher, it says in the last line, “What is our future, what will be our fate?” Liesel's mother knew Liesl's fate if she kept her, and she tried to avoid that fate by sending her away, little did she know that she was giving her a even worse fate, because everyone she cared about will eventually die or leave her, such as Rudy, Hans Hubermann. Little did Hans know that he can’t run away from fate, because all his colleagues died in World War I and he avoided his death, but fate came back and Hans died in World War II, which he was sent to for trying to help a Jew with fake papers (not Max). As you can see the common theme for The Book Thief and the three poems written by Inge Auerbacher is that fate is unavoidable, unpredictable, and even though people refuse to accept their fate they have to follow their fate.
Well there is always the fate aspect in everything that occurs in our lives but majority of the outcomes created from the individuals own decisions. It is up to the individual to determine what can occur, if they do one thing then something will be the outcome. A side from that, there is always the possibility of being at the wrong place at the wrong time which can have an affect of on the outcomes of life.
Fate is defined as “the determining cause by which things in general are believed to…happen as they do,” “It is “an inevitable…outcome.” (Merriam-Webster) However, fate isn’t the determining cause, it is dependent on karmas. Karmas are derivatives of the invisible Karman particles that are all around the world. (umich.edu) Through ones’ thoughts and actions karmas bond to the soul. (umich.edu) Over time the karmas accumulate and begin to cloud the once pure and truly knowledge soul. Ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles uses the idea of fate as the basis for his tragedy “Oedipus the King.” The character Oedipus ultimately turns out to be an exemplification the notions of Karma and fate.
Death is a very well-known figure that is feared by many in all countries. He is suspected of being cruel, disturbing and all synonyms of horrifying. Death is inevitable and that is the most fearing aspect of his persona. In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, Death is made to seem or resemble humans. Effectively using the narration role, Death introduces a unique description and definition of colors in which he uses as a tool to effectively engage the readers to the events occurring throughout the book. He also demonstrates him personal and different experiences as well, mostly about soul gathering and the implications of WWII that have affected him. On the contrary to Death’s dead, appalling and scary nature that many interpret him to be during the book, Death shows many emotions and features to his personality that reasoning would declare otherwise. One of those feature would be the colors.
Marilyn Monroe once said, “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they 're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” Is fate subjected to one’s actions or is there another force that intervenes? Two choices to pick from, but each decision will result in a different ending. Most people believe they are free to choose whatever they want, however was fate already predestined that makes people decide their fate regardless of choice? Over the centuries, people have pondered upon the fact that integrity, justice, and moral principles play a role in deciding one’s fate. Does this mean that if Odysseus were to put aside his pride and be humble along his journey home, he would not have gone through all that trouble for anything? Is fate uncontrollable even for the Gods to handle? Forrest Gump is born mental
Fate is an old, debated concept. Do one's actions truly play a role in determining one's life? Is fate free to some or is it binding to others, in that no individual can make completely individual decisions, and therefore, no one is truly free. Nowadays, fate is a subject often rejected in society, as it is seen as too big, too idealistic, and too hard to wrap a person's head around. However, at the time of Antigone, the concept was a terrifying reality for most people.
Fate is the development of events beyond a person’s control. Essentially it means that there are certain events in everyone’s life that are predetermined and completely unavoidable. In The Iliad, fate is even unchangeable by the gods. The belief is that there is a fixed natural order to the universe and that
Death states that, “I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both” (Zusak 491). This book shows us human doing things that weren’t even imaginable before this point. Many people give into ideas that were lies. But, we also watch a few people go out of their way and sacrifice everything for a man they barely even know. They do everything they can to keep him safe and alive. They work harder, the get another job, and they even steal. In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, death examines the ugliness and the beauty of humans.
Fate can be defined in many different ways. Webster's Dictionary defines fate as a power that supposedly predetermines events. Fate is synonymous with the word destiny, which suggests that events are unavoidable and unchangeable. Whatever happens in life is meant to be and cannot be changed by mankind. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, fate plays an important role in the lives of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Banquo.
...that fate. Events that lead to other events will eventually lead one to their fate. “Oedipus the King” is a great play that sets an example of what fate is. Oedipus chooses to flee from home, in attempt to avoid the god’s statement of his fate from coming true. However, Oedipus’s decision for fleeing is what was necessary to make his fate come true. Undoubtedly, this is what was meant to happen because Oedipus allowed it to. Perhaps if Oedipus ignored the god and never did a thing then perhaps the outcome could have been different for Oedipus. However it did not turn out that way and the choices that Oedipus made is what led him to his doom.
Fate is that one thing you are destined to do that has been designed just for you. Someone of a higher power designed a specific line of events to happen to you. It is all beyond your control, you did not pick your life, someone else gave you that life. Since the beginning, you were named, and everyone around you starts planning what you will become when you get older. You never really pick something for yourself because things “magically” fall into place; an opportunity presents itself and you take it. Everyone’s life is written entirely as sort of a book, you have the chance to pick the way you think but fate is what ultimately happened to Macbeth.
Fate is non-existent as one's future is based upon their own personal decisions. It is believing
Fate seems to defy humanity at every turn. A man may have his life planned out to the last second, but then some random force intervenes and he dies the second after he has completed his life plan. Some believe in fate, believing that our lives are predetermined from the moment we are born. Other people believe that everything is random, the result of some god rolling the dice in a universal poker game. Still other people believe that each and every person is in total control of his or her destiny, every step of the way. Who is to say which viewpoint is false? Every culture has a unique perception of the role of fate in our lives, and no group has the "right answer," simply a different answer. Taking into consideration the views of other cultures can help an individual refine his personal viewpoint on this inconceivable subject.
Fate may state what will be in one's life however, how that destiny comes about is a matter of man's own choice. In other words, incidents don't occur because our destinies are written. In the play Macbeth, Shakespeare expertly uses the theme of fate vs. free will and raises the pre-eminent question of which holds power over the characters. In Shakespeare’s tragedy, fate is not the cause of his downfall, his own desires and choices prove to be the deciding factor.
Webster defines fate as a “ a power thought to control all events and impossible to resist” “a persons destiny.” This would imply that fate has an over whelming power over the mind. This thing called fate is able to control a person and that person has no ability to change it.
Fate is the reasoning for why things happen. It is believed that fate is destined and cannot be changed. Fate is supposed to be predetermined from the day you are born or technically you could say before you were born. Fate is somewhat considered a religious idea. It is said by religious people such as people of the church that God controls all things in life. That God is the creator of fate. Logical thinkers believe that there is no such thing as fate. They think that people have a great deal of