Destiny and The Kept Man(Independent Study)

In The Kept Man, the main character Jarvis, must attempt to move on after her husband falls into a deep coma. This novel is clearly an example of soemone who determines their own future as Jarvis makes many decisions that in the long run make her unhappy. Perhaps it was fate that caused Jarvis' husband to accidentally fall off the ladder and go into a deep coma. Then again accidents happen all the time, and more likely it was just chance or carelessness that caused such a tragic fall. What is more important are the decisions that Jarvis makes on her own, such as deciding to keep to herself for so many years, cooped up in her apartment, or to sleep with another woman's husband while drunk and high on coke. Or finally, Jarvis' decision to take her husband off life support. Clearly, it is not fate intervening in Jarvis' life at all, rather she is making her own choices that affect her own life.