Signs
Multiple times throughout Libra , various people take advantage of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby's strong feelings and ideas to convince them to do something. The most prominent examples are, of course, David Ferrie pushing Lee to kill JFK and Karlinsky pushing Jack to kill Lee. These characters are able to manipulate Lee and Jack using various methods, including playing on their egos and senses of duty, but a recurring theme -- especially for Ferrie and Lee -- is the idea of destiny. I want to talk about "all signs pointing to a certain decision" a little more, because not only is it effective for tying together all the ideas of "only you can do this," "you know this is the right thing to do," etc. in their arguments, but I think it also has some layers in the story, history, and I suppose life in general. First of all, I feel like still in the modern day, we see a lot of people who believe in Zodiac signs or others ideas of fate/destiny, or at leas...