FATE

OR
FREE WILL?
Sorry??
Fate
Always
going to happen
Free Will
Your
responsibility
 Mice and Men
THE BIG DEBATE!!
• WAS LENNIE ALWAYS GOING TO DIE?
• WHOS FAULT WAS IT?
• LENNIE’S?
• GEORGE’S?

• OR WAS IT FATE??
 Lennie
• Caused his own
death
• His fault because it
was his actions
• His mental problem
• No control
• He loves soft things
• Fly is attracted to the
light
 George
• Caretaker for Lennie
• Possibly could have
prevented what
happened.
• Was too naive in
understanding
Lennie’s problem
• Was he born naïve?
• No control over
Lennie’s action
 Curly
• He decided to taunt
Lennie
• He was born angry
• Intimidated by big
people
• He is physically small
• What made him so
nasty?
 Crooks
• Born black
• Born into a racist
society
• No control over how
he was treated
• It is always possible
to get out of any
situation
• Was he born with the
intelligence
 FATE
• Your life is all mapped out for you
• You have no control over your action
• In the grand scheme of things that is true
• Future becomes past and is a reflection of
everyone/everything’s actions
 FREE WILL

• Is it just an excuse
• Avocation of all responsibility
• Its you in your head
• You are the one who determines your
future
• You can do what ever you want to do
• You decide you fate – Free will
 CONCLUSION
• Fate can exist to an extent
• There is always a way out of any given
situation
• Yes, Slim gave Lennie the dog, which led
to Lennie being in the barn
• But it was his free will that determined the
fate of Lennie and there fore the rest of
the ranch!