Darko Determinism

I was reading in the book about Friedrich Nietzsche, and I started
thinking about his ideas on determinism vs free will. His view that we
are only “potentially free” got me thinking about the movie Donnie
Darko. In this movie the protagonist, Donnie Darko, is at a party with
his peers when he begins to see a bubble like tube come out of his
chest and go set a path for him to follow. Donnie acknowledges this
tube and follows it along throughout the house. This tube represents
the path Donnie will take. Donnie chooses to follow the tube possibly
out of curiosity to see where it will lead him. Donnie is different
from the rest of the people at the party because he can see where he
is destined to go, but he accepts it and follows the path laid before
him. The movie doesn’t show him breaking away from the path, which
would lead us to presume possibly that although we can be aware of
where we are destined to go, we cannot influence this in the end. In
Nietzsche’s view I believe Donnie would be considered an enlightened
slave. He follows a path which he did not choose, but was shown to
him. For this reason he is a slave. If Donnie were to break from the
path laid before him he would not only be enlightened, but also free.
I think the free will vs determinism debate depends on perspective. I
think from our perspective free will would be the most obvious choice,
since we are not inherently controlled. On the other hand from God’s
perspective I believe determinism would be the clear choice. From
God’s perspective all events which occur in our life could be viewed
as being on a map, and can be traced and found where our behaviors and
everything about us is rooted from. To sum this up I believe we do
have free will to an extent, but in the end I think we will do
whatever we do in this life and so I believe we are thus incapable of
escaping the grasp which destiny holds on our lives.