Just how important is fate?

” What would happen if the bottle is found? Will the police even care about the mystery that this murderer so painstakingly put together? What would happen if the bottle is not found? Would people go crazy trying to find out the secret that holds the key to the murders on the island? “And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island. derer, he would have totally ruined the plan! He would have messed up the sequence of deaths including his own with the red herring. When we don’t know what will happen, we just have to wait and see what path our fate will take us. “There is, I suppose, a hundred to one chance that my confession may be found---and then (or do I flatter myself?) a hitherto unsolved murder mystery will be explained. ” If the murderer wants the mystery to be secret forever, then why does he write out his confession? What will fate decide for the secret of the mystery?

Vera Claythorne’s death, Dr. The murderer had to hope that fate would lead Vera to execute herself with the rope.

Another event that was entirely based upon fate in this story was when Vera Claythorne hanged herself. These all had an important role in the murders, and if fate had changed them, the outcome could have dramatically changed. If he didn’t agree with the plan he might end up suspicious about the murderer.

The murderer wrote out his entire confession then put it into a bottle and threw it out to sea. Armstrong’s decision and the destination of the murderer’s confession are and were all things to be decided by fate. Armstrong’s reaction to the murderer’s idea. If Vera hadn’t hanged herself, how would the murderer have had her die? The decision for Vera to hang herself was entirely based on fate.