DNA As Destiny, Minority Report, And Oedipus The King

Destiny is the series of events that will inevitably occur in someone's life. This topic is popular in many works ranging from magazine articles, movies, and even plays, have been created focusing on somebody knowing their destiny. In “DNA as Destiny”, Minority Report, and Oedipus the King, the central idea of seeing a person’s own destiny plays a major role in the content of the works. Knowing what events lie in your future has its pros, but there are far more cons While there may be certain advantages to seeing the future, such as being prepared for future events, there are far more disadvantages such as living life in fear of foreseen events, being looked down upon because of unfortunate events in the future, and wasting time trying to change the future, when nothing can actually be done about it. Knowing someone’s own destiny would allow preparation for future events. This is clearly seen in “DNA as Destiny” by David Ewing Duncan. In the article, Duncan finds out that he has high blood pressure, and a few other heart conditions. While this was a shocking event for Duncan, this knowledge allows him to exercise more often so that he can stay healthy. “I have two lame-heart genes, which …show more content…
This con is best illustrated in Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg. In the movie, the protagonist John Anderton discovers that he is destined to kill somebody, so he runs away and tries to change his destiny. “ My father once told me, ‘We don't choose the things we believe in; they choose us’” (Minority Report). This quote by Lamar Burgess exemplifies that destiny is unavoidable. John Anderton tries to run from his destiny after learning it, but fate takes over and leads Anderton right to the man he kills. This series of events would have happened either way, so in retrospect he wasted his time trying to escape the inexorable