Fated

Fated Why do things happen as they do' For every action, must there be a cause' Do you control what you do' Is there a higher power that has already determined everything for everyone, or do people actually have a choice in their behavior' These are all questions people have been pondering over for centuries and questions that people still are pondering today. If we examine these questions and take the point of view that everyone and everything is determined, and something bad happens to that person, they can be viewed as a victim, a victim of fate. This notion and these questions are evident in many contemporary short stories and novels, in which their respected authors try to portray their main character or characters as victims of something outside their control. For example, Oedipus in Oedipus the King, Lt. Jimmy Cross in The Things They Carried, and Cody in Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant are all characters that play the role of victim from outside sources. In the following paper, there will be an examination of how each of these characters can be viewed as victims of things outside their control, especially oedipus, victim, cross, things, lt, fate, control, cody, something, outside, king, carried, own, determined, characters, victims, questions, people, intangible, himself, free, father, actions, view, three, though, role, over, out, ones, mother, jimmy, items, however, because