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Fate In Jeremy Short Story

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In the story Jeremy considers both fate and luck, either good or bad. Throughout the little adventure Lizzy and Jeremy have had, moments suggest that both fate and luck exist. For example Jeremy and Lizzy missed their stop and saw it as “a good sign for sure” as in it was good luck and fate wanted them to miss is. In my honest opinion I think fate and luck are just a figment of imagination that was used as an explanation for the unexplainable. Others fully devote every moment to being fate or luck. Saying that they met this person because of fate when in reality it was by chance and was made into something special. But all of it is superstition as agreed by many. Because humanity just makes things up in order to try and understand things we

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