The first thing that popped into my mind was that in life we often come across “a fork in the road” where we have two choices to make. Both choices can lead to very different outcomes. Oftentimes it can be difficult to make a certain choice because of this. Small little details can have a huge impact on the outcome. Similar to the butterfly effect. The second reading connects the two pieces together with the common question “Are we in control of our own fate?”. It compares the two different type of people, the ones who take action and control of their own lives, and the ones who live life as though it is a routine. By having these two types of people the outcomes can become different as seen in the previous story. I think that this is a very interesting topic that I wish was more commonly brought up in movies. One of my favorite movies is Adjustment Bureau and I believe that it was so successful because it directly addressed the question of us being in control of our own fate.
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