Fate And Interconnectedness In The Sun Is Also A Star

Fate and Interconnectedness

Fate and interconnectedness are intertwined concepts that suggest our lives are shaped by events and the connections we make with the world around us. The perception that the connections we make with the world and others around us; events, will all lead to a predetermined path in life. In Nicola Yoon’s novel, The Sun is Also a Star, the two main characters, Natasha and Daniel, have contrasting perspectives on how, or if, fate plays a role in their lives. In the novel, The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon, the author uses various perspectives to demonstrate the interconnectedness of Natasha and Daniel's experiences, to suggest that fate may actually exist.

At the beginning of the novel, the story is told from

Natasha’s perspective is used to create an initial contrast between what Daniel believes while highlighting Natasha’s strong trust in the world of science and logic. After spending time around Daniel, and eventually failing to stop her family’s deportation, Natasha’s perspective begins to change. With recent news about the outcome of the deportation order, Natasha reflects on her perspective of life, and her understanding of fate. Natasha begins to “want the whole world to/ stop. There are too many moving parts that are outside of my/ control. I feel like I'm in an elaborate Rube-Goldberg contrap-/ tion that someone else designed. I don't know the mechanism/ to trigger it. I don't know what will happen next. I only know that/ everything cascades, and that once it starts it won't stop.”(Yoon, 302) From the perspective of Natasha, she lost control of a seemingly controllable life defined by logic. The author uses this to

Daniel, from the start of the book, is a character restricted by a path to become a doctor he’s forced to follow by his parents, where he first exhibits his belief that he can control fate during a conversation between him and Natasha, to which they share their own interests and beliefs. At that moment Daniel thought to himself “I wait for her to say something, but she doesn’t./ The universe stops and waits for us./ She opens her palm and she’s going to take my hand./ She’s supposed to take my hand.” (Yoon, 101) Daniel’s perspective is used to emphasize his desire to be in control of fate. Yoon uses this to illustrate Daniels' particular reliance on fate, reflecting upon the restrictiveness of his path. The author firstly illustrates the state of Daniel, with his reliance on fate and meant-to-be, to distract himself from the fact that he must become a doctor, and not control his own destiny. Moreover, as the story progresses, Daniel begins to understand the little control he has over his own fate through the unexpectedness of events, the author shows the changes to Daniel’s perspective throughout the book. While both Daniel and Natasha were at Norebang, Daniel had originally planned out how they would spend their