Innocent Bagcords Analysis

They met in the wrong place at the wrong time. They met in the right place at the right time. Fate is unexpected and mysterious, meaning no one really knows what to make of it. It just kind of happens. No one has control over fate. It can be in favor of the person, or it can be against them. People say that fate happens for a reason and most likely cannot be changed. Though some say that through specific actions it can be altered. In the movie, Inglourious Basterds, the entire plot is secretly centered around fate, and the actions that can affect the outcomes. It molds the story into what it is. All the characters are on this “fate highway” that brought them together. Even though all the events were out of their control, their actions helped push the story in the right or wrong direction, making it ironic in the sense that everybody got what they wanted or deserved. Fate, the steps, consequences, and irony create a twisted revenge …show more content…
It was also fate that they would be so highly known. Being in contact with a famous German actress, Bridget von Hammersmark, is also a chance of fate. She is the ticket to getting into the premiere in the first place. They decided to meet in a basement with minimal German people. The fact that only German men were there is ironic. The only German speaking men of the “Basterds” were killed, and the German actress takes a bullet to the leg. Bridget obviously has to create a story of how she acquired the injury, and still get the “Basterds” into the premiere. The irony here is that the main leaders of the “Basterds” cannot speak another language well enough to be able to be unsuspected. In this part, fate pushes the characters to have to make last minute decisions if they want their desired outcome. Which more or less turned out to what they