Essay On Fate In Rudorvictus

Fate is uncontrollable. Unchangeable. Unalterable. Fate, for some, has laid a perfectly smooth, paved road. No speed bumps, no potholes, no missing chunks. There may be a few cracks, but there is not anything that is not fixable with a bit of cement. However, for some, fate has given them a thin, gravel road. No guard rails, no dividing lines, no traction. One wrong move, and it could be their last. Fate is uncontrollable, and one can never know what cards he will be dealt. William Ernest Henley was an English poet who suffered from something at a young age that would inevitably modify his life forever. At the age of twelve, Henley was diagnosed with tubercular arthritis, which is an infection of the bones and joints due to tuberculosis (“William Ernest Henley”). Because of this ghastly disease, Henley was forced to amputate one of his legs. He was in the hospital for almost two years. While he recovered in the infirmary, one could imagine the harsh toll the disease brought on this man; however, despite everything that he suffered through, Henley did not want to succumb to the disease’s power over him. While healing in the infirmary, Henley began to write “Invictus”, an empowering poem that inspired him to not let the disease rule his life (“William Ernest

Cheery and bright, every time I speak to her, she has a smile on her face; nevertheless, she was not always the merry individual that she is now. When Emily was four years old, she was in a heinous automobile accident. To make the situation even more awful, one of Emily’s legs had to be amputated so there was no risk of infection. Emily is eight now, and even though she can not remember much about what had happened, she told me she can still remember the pain she felt when she was in the accident. If Emily had been a little older, she could have used William Ernest Henley’s story and the poem “Invictus” to find hope in an arduous