"Freedom of Will": comparing Chinua Achebe's "Civil Peace" and Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "Meeting in the Dark".

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Freedom of Will Questions and doubts are the basic factors that determine men's critical thinking about life. Throughout human history, different cultures and societies have yielded to varying approaches to explain such issues, as predictability of events involving natural forces and individual's fate. Religions developed as the common result of such dilemmas. In particular, Christianity provided people with the concept of a "Master Plan" (or fate) determining a continuous intervention and presence of God in …

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…compared to John's story. Because of its mystical nature, such an argument cannot offer a common way of thinking but rather a contrasting and debating subject. Therefore, whichever side a man takes, there is no way to determine with certainty whether Freedom of Will exists or not, along with a "Divine Project." Works Cited Garzanti, Domenico. Nuova Enciclopedia Universale. Torino: Canale & C., 1998. Salomon, Barbara H. Other Voices, Other Vistas. New York: New American Library,1992.