“Fate is a hunter,” helps capture Florian's conflict by showing what is on his mind throughout the book. Throughout the book, there are small things that show that “fate is a hunter” through Florian’s eyes as well as immense things. An example is when Florian’s mother passed away from tuberculosis. This is an example of fate because this was out of Florian’s control and he was alone with his sister and his father and without his mother. Another example is when they are in the lifeboat and they are at full capacity and one more person could endanger everyone. Florian decides to reach out to a girl struggling in the water and help her into their lifeboat. A woman on the boat was angry at Florian because he put them all the passengers in danger. This shows that Florian helped another escape the “hunt,” because of her own fate. He also put his own fate in danger at many times throughout the novel, it reads, “Fate is a hunter. It’s barrel pressed against my forehead”
“Fate is a hunter,” helps capture Florian's conflict by showing what is on his mind throughout the book. Throughout the book, there are small things that show that “fate is a hunter” through Florian’s eyes as well as immense things. An example is when Florian’s mother passed away from tuberculosis. This is an example of fate because this was out of Florian’s control and he was alone with his sister and his father and without his mother. Another example is when they are in the lifeboat and they are at full capacity and one more person could endanger everyone. Florian decides to reach out to a girl struggling in the water and help her into their lifeboat. A woman on the boat was angry at Florian because he put them all the passengers in danger. This shows that Florian helped another escape the “hunt,” because of her own fate. He also put his own fate in danger at many times throughout the novel, it reads, “Fate is a hunter. It’s barrel pressed against my forehead”