Examples Of Fate In I Am Morid

Fate and Destiny exist as two separate events, “a set of predetermined events within your life that you take an active course in shaping” (Kumar) defines destiny, while “the preordained course of your life that will occur because of or in spite of your actions” (Kumar) define fate. Unlike destiny fate does not change, it will occur. Fate remains a driving force of nature, a natural and unstoppable occurring event that will take place. The book I am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot by Nancy Springer takes fate as the running theme to show where a character named Mordred goes on unforeseen adventures through life to avoid his dreadful fate. On his adventures, he comes across characters who either help him avoid his fate or make him see the ugly truth
Nyneve served to suppress Mordred’s hate and anger as needed. Mordred’s conscience would become clouded with anger and hatred; he would try to escape those dark thoughts by talking out his anger with Nyneve. Mordred escapes his fate with the interaction between Nyneve by blocking out the horrible details of his future and his father’s past. When Nyneve told him about King Arthur trying to kill Mordred as a baby to prevent Mordred from killing him in the years to come, became a time where she told Mordred it was time to decide whether he wants to kill King Arthur. She wanted him to see how fate is not always guaranteed as people perceive it to turn out as. She used the example of Mordred surviving on the coracle as the fate for him to be the only one left alive. Also, Nyneve served as eyes for Mordred to keep him out of danger. On her departure, she gave a gift to Mordred to symbolize her eyes, Gull, to let Mordred know that she would always there for him even when he approaches an obstacle. The beginning of his journey to defy his fate and go upon life making his own decisions for his future started with meeting Nyneve when he decided that he did not want to kill his