On the day of the explosion, Young believes a lot has already gone wrong, and Pak is foolish for making additional changes to their routine. "Tragedies don't inoculate you against further tragedies, and misfortune doesn't get sprinkled out in fair proportions," she thinks. "Bad things get hurled at you in clumps and batches, unmanageable and messy." Do you agree with her assessment of how bad things occur? Do you believe Pak was naïve in attempting to frame the protestors? Was he tempting fate?