Life isn't fair. The ending of A Most Wanted Man certainly shows this. Bachmann had everything planned out. Issa would go free and get a German passport, the government would get a Islamist contact who would alert them to any suspicious behavior, and Annabel would be able to return to life as normal. Bachmann tells his assistant "We've got it... the green light. With conditions. We can go ahead" (Carre 255-256). The plans were so elaborate and thought out that it seemed impossible for things to go wrong. But they did. Joint Steering, the group behind the action, pulled out at last minute, saying that they were "postponing" the operation. Then a white van crashed into Bachmann's car, and some men kidnapped Issa and the contact. They were gone, after all the work that had been put into keep them free. The book concludes with Bachmann talking to an American behind the kidnappings. He tells Bachmann "Justice has been rendered...No-crap justice, that kind of justice! Justice with no @?#!#% lawyers around to prevent the course...eye for an eye" (Carre 321). Bachmann thought he was trying to bring about justice by proving Issa's innocence, but this man saw what they were doing as just annoying, that he was delivering justice.
No matter how much planning goes into something, things can always go wrong. Like 20 minutes ago when my blog post disappeared right before I posted it and I was forced to retype it! Anyways, it also happened in In the Time of the Butterflies. Minerva and Mate didn't deserve to be put in prison, but things happened and they ended up there. Life sometimes just throws stuff at you. Does that mean we should stop trying because of the risk of failure? I don't think so, but that is a decision everyone must make for themselves.
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It is very true that crappy things happen all the time in life, but is it always unfair? People are always saying that things happen to them that are unfair, but that's just because they think they deserve the best. But if you think about it, people do horrible things to each other and the environement and everything, so I wonder why do people think they deserve a break? I suppose that's not always true... just thought I'd throw it out there.
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