When we started delving farther into Little, Big, the idea for my final project became more and more clear. The concept of destiny and fate has always intrigued me, and being able to explore it through the texts in this class will be quite a lot of fun.
I want to examine the difference between destiny and fate, what makes them such strong ideals, how completely different cultures at completely different times can understand and apply them to their stories. Why do people believe in destiny or fate? Why is it an idea that we find either comforting or overbearing? The role of destiny throughout history and literature will be a focus of my project.
I don't know if I simply want to write a paper, or if I want to create a model. My model would be something like an obstacle course that a marble falls through. The idea behind it would be that no matter how much momentum or desire the marble has to go one direction, something comes along to change its course, and it will end up where it is "supposed" to be at the very end. This model would be a bit complicated to build, for I am having trouble even visualizing it, but sketching it out may help. Then again, writing papers isn't soooo hard...
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