Superstition

Humans have been given an incredible sense of touch. When darkness falls we can see in the dark using our fingers. Our palm can tell when food is down cooking or when the fire is ready to be used to cook our meals. But like most blessings, our touch comes which a fatal flaw: the need to feel a tangible sense of safety. Sometimes all someone needs for comfort is a hug, or possibly a small child needs to hold a favorite toy. Our tangible sense of touch, along with our emotional sense of touch at one point or another needs human contact, a reminder of humanity.

Whether it be a "lucky pebble" (O'Brien 12) or " a rabbit's foot" (O'Brien 12) superstition is a mind's way of dealing with the soul's desperate fear for some form of security. But the mind can take any superstition or coincidence, and turn it against us as well. An example of this is myself. I happen to be deathly afraid of being enlisted, and Lavender (my girlfriend's favorite smell) was killed on April 16, which happens to be my birthday. Coincidences occur very frequently in this world of our's, but some people see signs that other's over look.