In the Greek myth of the Fates, it is said that there are three ancient women who calculate the paths of everyone’s life, measures, and ends them. The Fate Clotho would spin the string, the Fate Lachesis would measure the string, and the Fate Atropos would cut the string, hence the end of that beings life. The Fates knows the exact moment of death. They know every step and decision anyone could make before it’s ever made. According to these beliefs, some say the the beginning is not connected to end, but that the sequence of events that happen in literature and life are coincidental. In the novel The Girl With All The Gifts, M.R. Carey demonstrates the push of fate by giving the main character Melanie a world that the humans wouldn’t give
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Caldwell. For example, Melanie’s relationship with Miss Justineau is special and essential for Melanie to understand that the world isn’t as atrocious as it seems. Miss Justineau shows Melanie that there is good, and that there could actually be a nurturing person in the world. Yet, Sergeant Parks and Dr. Caldwell display how humans are selfish and quite cowardly. They depict all of the flaws that Pandora unleash upon the Earth by degrading these children to absolutely nothing. Carey explains, “It’s not just Pandora who had that inescapable flaw. It seems like everyone has been built in a way that sometimes makes them do wrong and stupid things” (#). This quote supports the facts that Melanie finally realizes that everyone has faults. Without these relations it would have never occur to Melanie how the world is wonderful, but at the same time ferocious. They all are fated to be with and against one another, for without the crossing of their paths none of them would get to recognize that there are multiple sides. Sides of which that they may not have entirely understood. Such as the sergeant’s view on who Melanie is and how she isn’t just a “frickin abortion”. Towards the end, Sergeant’s feelings evolve towards Melanie. After Sergeant is bitten, he feels himself turning into a hungry. He asks Melanie to kill him and mentions his wife, Marie. Before he drifts off, he says, “Marie. She was...blonde. Like you. So if we’d had a kid” (53). This indicates how the Sergeant thinks that if he and his wife had a child she might have looked similar to Melanie. The comparison alone is simply an amazing moment in Sergeant and Melanie’s relationship. The most Sergeant could probably compare her to before would be an abomination, but announcing that she could have possibly looked like his daughter shows that he had crossed and finally saw Melanie as a human
Caldwell. For example, Melanie’s relationship with Miss Justineau is special and essential for Melanie to understand that the world isn’t as atrocious as it seems. Miss Justineau shows Melanie that there is good, and that there could actually be a nurturing person in the world. Yet, Sergeant Parks and Dr. Caldwell display how humans are selfish and quite cowardly. They depict all of the flaws that Pandora unleash upon the Earth by degrading these children to absolutely nothing. Carey explains, “It’s not just Pandora who had that inescapable flaw. It seems like everyone has been built in a way that sometimes makes them do wrong and stupid things” (#). This quote supports the facts that Melanie finally realizes that everyone has faults. Without these relations it would have never occur to Melanie how the world is wonderful, but at the same time ferocious. They all are fated to be with and against one another, for without the crossing of their paths none of them would get to recognize that there are multiple sides. Sides of which that they may not have entirely understood. Such as the sergeant’s view on who Melanie is and how she isn’t just a “frickin abortion”. Towards the end, Sergeant’s feelings evolve towards Melanie. After Sergeant is bitten, he feels himself turning into a hungry. He asks Melanie to kill him and mentions his wife, Marie. Before he drifts off, he says, “Marie. She was...blonde. Like you. So if we’d had a kid” (53). This indicates how the Sergeant thinks that if he and his wife had a child she might have looked similar to Melanie. The comparison alone is simply an amazing moment in Sergeant and Melanie’s relationship. The most Sergeant could probably compare her to before would be an abomination, but announcing that she could have possibly looked like his daughter shows that he had crossed and finally saw Melanie as a human