1. Fear - Throughout the film, characters such as Nick and Meryl constantly have fear on their minds. Particularly Nick after being diagnosed with cancer, he constantly feels fear of death, fear of leaving his widowed mother behind. Meryl also has the fear of death just around the corner. Pessimistically does she worries about death awaiting her and fears her dreams and ambitions will never be fulfilled. Most of the characters make choices out of fear and through the writing of Watt do they find comfort in one another to Look Both Ways.
2. Chance – By chance do most of the characters meet and fall on the same path in life. When the train accident occurs, Meryl is an innocent bystander and meets Nick and Andy who are there to report the happenings. Watt writes from the perspectives that the characters (barring Nick and Andy) meet only by chance. The train accident happens by chance which start the paths of the characters lives to intertwine and come together. Chance rings Meryl closer to Nick particularly.
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