Fate in Voltaire and Kosinski's Literature: Everything happens for a reason

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Voltaire and Kosinski’s literature works are two of the significant artistic work of the eighteenth and twentieth century. The work have strong basis of numerous human character and nature, by demonstrating how human beings associates. As one flips from one page to the next of the products of two shrewd authors, many thematic issues are revealed including stupidity, foolishness, optimism among others. However, one of the most important themes espoused in the contents of the two famed writers is that everything that happens in human life has reason (Voltaire, 1950).

Many a times, human beings find themselves in either bad or good situations. Though, it’s common to be caught in disparaging circumstance, we seldom bother to understand whether there is some reason behind such happening. This depicts the human nature when things are all gaining momentum in the right directions. Overtly, when our speculations and expectations are doomed, we express intrinsic and extrinsic deep search of the cause of such foils, and this may be affirmed by psychologists and physicians of hypertensive ailments. The greatest question that lingers in our minds is whether whatever happens in the human life has a purpose.

Generally, nature is a two sided elements, that, it’s a dual faceted. Similarly, some people are sceptical on the issue that everything that occurs in life is accompanied by its own reason, other individuals believe not on this philosophy. Actually, it might sound so much surprising to many when everything that happens does so for a good reason, and in particulars a good intend. Voltaire’s and kosinski splendid worked argued man encounters all that occur in his life for good or evil. They posited reasoning is the sole tool to enables me...

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...omplex due to the involvement of his interaction with supernatural power as well as the environment and even his own kind. Although there is much more that may benefit him of the entire range of his actions, man view that every bad happening as simply of reason but when good things happens to his life, his perception of the reason behind such events fades away. Generally, there are many happenings which are occurring at the present time which are quite similar as those were happening many decades back during the time of our forefathers. Of both the natural occurring incident and the human activities, I do believe that the human incidents have become the commonest and the most pervasive in the world.

Works Cited
Kosinski, J. (1999) Being There: Grove Press

Kurt, V. (1999) Breakfast of Champions: Dial Press

Voltaire (1950) Candide: Or Optimism: Penguin Classics

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