Examples Of Fate In Run Lola Run

Djuna Kotun
Professor Tullis
ENC 1101
16 October 2016
[fate lola fate]
Many people believe that fate is something that cannot be changed, regardless of what the circumstances may be. In the movie Run Lola Run, the creator perceived something different, as it is shown that fate has the capability to be changed depending on the specific actions done in the situation—which in turn, can also lead to many different outcomes. This movie generally supports the idea that small changes can have many different outcomes, and can even change fate; as fate is not absolute.
First of all, Lola is given several chances to change the effects of her actions, and uses these chances to prevent death from occurring—death being a strong force governed by fate. Lola was able to change her actions each time she went

At this moment in time, Lola herself is dying when she realizes that she did not want to die, and she did not want the effect of her actions to be death. She realizes that she wants to change fate, and ends up restarting the scenario to do so. Within the second course of events, Lola was able to successfully change her fate. This time, Lola gets the money that her lover needs to survive and reaches him in enough time where he does not need to rob the grocery store anymore. Lola has changed fate and survives this time, but unfortunately her lover does not. As Manni is running to Lola, he is hit by an ambulance and dies. Again, Lola believes that this is not the way that everything was supposed to play out and goes back to attempt to change fate with her actions once more. In the third, and final, chain of events, Lola is able to change fate yet again through one more adjustment to her actions to not only keep herself alive, but Manni as well. In this situation, Lola not only gets the money that her lover needs, but also rides back in the ambulance that killed Manni in the past scenario,