"Fate and Will": Pechorin It is very important to remember the significance of Pechorin's struggle not only with social conventions, but also with concepts of fate and will. The context in The Fatalist provides the reader with the greatest significance of the confrontation between the opposing philosophies surrounding fate and will. Pechorin throughout the story is testing against his own existence, testing to see whether he can find any justification for his actions in the …showed first 75 words of 372 total…

…showed last 75 words of 372 total…connected to him. By showing that Vulich's death was predestined to occur, the deaths of the other people were not in fact his fault but were also predestined. There is something mysterious about Pechorin or even creepy because he has like the ability to tell the future. Pechorin is the master of his own free will when it suits his purpose, but when circumstances become more difficult he is more than happy to avoid responsibility.