My first response was to Anya’s Dialects: “Fate and Control”,
where she talked about the different reasons people choose to believe in fate. She also discussed
which one seemed more powerful. In the end, she came to the conclusion that
there is a little bit of both involved in determining the future, and that she
believes neither one is completely the answer.
Anya!
This was a really
interesting post. While looking around I didn’t see this topic covered in
anyone else’s blog, and it drew me in right away. The Matrix gave everyone a
lot of different ideas to explore, but the two you chose to compare seemed
especially compelling to me.
The part where you
described your grandmother and father’s different reasoning for their beliefs
was especially fascinating to me. I think everyone’s wondered about fate at
least once in their lives. Like you, I know several people who have decided
that they like the idea of fate. Their reasoning is that they like the idea
that they aren’t completely responsible for their actions, and that the fact
that everything is already planned out makes them feel more at ease. I also know
people, who disagree with the idea of fate, which they claim is just a
superstitious way to avoid responsibility.
Personally, I think I agree
more with you. There seems to be a little bit of a mix between the two.
Logically, I can support this by saying that even if there is no such thing as
fate, there are things that we cannot avoid due to the fact that certain events
are to results of hundreds of different and miniscule actions over long periods
of time that we cannot possibility keep track of.
Thanks for the post!
My second response was to Cormac’s “Change of Mind: Once”
where he discussed the disconnect between his former ideas of true love and the
love portrayed in the movie Once.
Cormac!
Nice post, I really liked
reading it. I had a lot of the same thoughts while watching the movie actually.
To be honest, I’ve always
been a believer in the idea of true love. Like you, I always imagined a kind of
love that lasted forever, and that involved two people that were absolutely
perfect for each other. Then, like you, as I grew up, I began to see beyond the
Disney portrayals of love. In the real world, love failed a lot more times than
it succeeded, and I didn’t see very many examples of a true-and-perfect love.
Once showed me the alternative
to what I used to think was the only “true” form of love. It showed people who
were content to be around each other, even though they didn’t have a very
physical relationship and didn’t end up together in the end. At first I was
upset (like you), but then I realized that this is actually a much more
realistic version of love, and although it couldn’t compare to my former
idealistic version I could definitely see the beauty in this sort of
relationship.
I still believe in true
love, but I’ve realized that it’s incredibly rare to see it in real life. So in
the mean time, I’ll keep my mind more open to other, more likely version of
love. Thanks for the post!
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