Fate in "The Natural" by Bernard Malamud

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act;
but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act
G.K. Chesterton, Generaly Speaking
Some people think that fate is something you are born with, something that follows you around for the rest of your life until the day you die. I think that fate is something that exists in your sub-conscience, therefore making it nothing more than your conscience.
In the book The Natural by Bernard Malamud the main character Roy Hobbs had a very distinct flaw, a flaw that millions of American men and women both have...... an obse…