Destiny is clearly the strongest force in the novel, as well as outside the novel-in real life. Strider knows that he is the heir to the throne of Gondor, only he can unite the race of man. HE understands that this is what he must do, but refuses to accept it due to the weak blood of Ysildor that runs through his veins. He yearns to live a life of peace in Rivendell, but the throne, his destiny forbids him from grabbing what he desires. Instead, he must grab what his destiny plans for him.
In regards to literature being a mirror to life and the role that destiny has to play in the real world, i can not announce whether it does or does not play a role. My way of thinking and beliefs does not allow me to see destiny as a valid force in the universe. To me, we create destiny with out own hands. At least, that is what i want to believe. Actually, the idea of us creating destiny now was not the idea in the past. I am a deep believer in that void that is our pre:men history. Several thousand years ago the human species seemingly rose out of nothing, but was present at the same time. Archaeologist have been finding human art up to fifty million years old. The strange part is that the human species didn't start showing signs of evolution until twenty five million years ago!
This completely falsifies everything we presume to know about our race and the timeline of it. It is clear that we don't know our origins and we will never know our origins unless we look outside of our race. Yes, call me crazy, but i deeply believe that our destiny was started by aliens. They came and gave us knowledge. The ancient tribe, the Dogons, had clear information about the brightest star in the sky at the time, Sirius. They knew its exact composition, they knew that a smaller white dwarf takes fifty years to orbit the star, they knew the composition of the white dwarf as well. They knew all this 700 years ago. In present day, scientists didn't validate this information until the 1970's. It can not be a coincidence. When asked how they obtained such knowledge, the Dogon holy man showed scientists wall drawings that depicted a ship coming down from the sky, filling a near crater with water, and dolphin like creators coming out of the ship. Of course, none of you believe be or them. I ask that whoever is even taking this assignment seriously comments on how they could know. Those that are skeptical, i beg you to explain how the Dogons came to foster this information.
On the topic of destiny, our destiny was started by our alien forefathers. Now, we must shape it ourselves to what we want it to be.
