Serendipity

Serendipity has drawn my attention for a fairly long time now.  The first time I heard this word was in the 2001 movie, "Serendipity" with John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, which enchanted me and made me wondered what the definition for the word truly was.  Sadly, I never really bothered to look the definition up and learn what the concrete, scholar definition for the word was.  As of now, I only the definition from the movie, "A fortunate accident" which is more than enough of a definition for me to fall in love with the word.  The word itself isn't used in the everyday language as much I wish it did, but the great thing about the word is that most people know it, and for dreamers like me, it's a word that we hope to use in our language, our discoveries, or simply or opening of our hearts.  Recently I've heard the word more commonly used in TV shows, like Disney's "Phineas and Ferb" where the characters seem to put themselves in strange situations and later realizing how serendipitous their situation is.  I want to learn why, this word was invented and how it is that it came to be common in the English usage, as well as how someone thought of putting the its letters together to create this word that just flows as you say it, and causes more interest for its beautiful sound alone.

Coming Unstrung: Women, Men, Narrative, and Principles of Pleasure- Susan Winnet

1.  Focuses on the idea that books should parallel that of a sexual experience

2.  Works on deconstructing the idea of biased in the sense that a female prespective is so different from a male perspective.

3.  No point of view is better than the other, male or female, they each provide a very peculiar way.  One story told by a male and one by a women can be so different with the emphasis on what each finds the most important

4.  How good a book is, is greatly dependent on how involved the reader is in the novel

5.  The way males and females present their climax, or story plot is very different because they choose to focus on other things, each prioritizing certain details