The whole world is based on certain canons, without which life is simply impossible to imagine. These principles are so familiar to us that we have long ceased to notice them. Be that as it may, this does not detract from their surprise.
Logical chain
One of these concepts, which has become firmly established and has ceased to amaze people, is the principle of dominoes. There is nothing complicated in it, regardless of whether to consider it figuratively or materially. Many of us in childhood tried to build long chains of dominoes, and then with a joyful screech pushed one bone, thus filling up the whole row. This is the principle of dominoes in its classic form. Apparently, such a huge number of people were amusing themselves with it that they began to notice its basis even in phenomena detached from the board game. For example, in the same way, an event can entail a chain of others, or a certain disease sometimes leads to a number of complications all along the same principle. And he was so carried away by mankind with his ingenuity and wide applicability that he began to be used both in cinema and in literature.
"Principle" by Neznansky
The phrase “domino principle” itself is something very distant from the original game that gave it its name.
Very often this phrase is used in a figurative sense, with philosophical or ironic implications. It was in that meaning that it was used by
Friedrich Neznansky, who published a book entitled The Principle of Dominoes. The work tells of a chain of murders that are clearly interconnected, and the purpose of the story is just to find out what their connection is. High-ranking people with power and money believe that they will get away with even the most heinous crime. The moral of the book is that in the end no one will go unpunished, and everyone gets what they deserve. You can very well understand
what the principle of dominoes is if we take some criminal case as an example, in particular if it has failed. As a rule, one careless or wrong step leads to the collapse of the entire operation on the principle of dominoes, only instead of bones on the board are already human destinies and lives. Not everyone who has a myriad of money is obviously a winner - especially if his thoughts are unclean.
Sidney Sheldon and Fatum's Relentlessness
According to this philosophical principle, some works in the field of cinema are sometimes built. Of course, most often these are detective stories, as in literature, but in almost all genres this principle can be used. The notorious principle of dominoes, for example, is constantly used in his works by Sidney Sheldon. Since his characters live a very realistic life, and the situations they fall into can happen to everyone, a very interesting conclusion can be made. It turns out that our whole life is built on this principle, because each of our actions leads to certain consequences that determine our future destiny. Thinking about it is not too pleasant, because in such a concept there is a certain fatalism. It seems that everything has already been decided, but we can only choose which button to press. However, this is good - we can at least choose the direction and set the sails, but only in this way it is possible to fight the current. This is what Sydney Sheldon shows in his novels, then the rush of fate, then raising his characters to the highest pedestal.
Man is the master of his own destiny
It often happens that we notice how our life has adopted a very undesirable alignment. The domino principle, which became its cause, I really want to blame for all sins, dumping everything on an unfavorable set of circumstances. However, one should not forget that even if fate does exist, then everyone can control it. You must never blame indestructible principles or universal laws for not being hired. The fact is that everything depends only on you, there is no Sidney Sheldon above you who steers your life and writes in black and white what should happen to you the next moment. It’s bad that not everyone is aware of this, so some people prefer to let their lives drift and rely on “maybe”. Meanwhile, the same principle of dominoes teaches us: if you stand firmly on your feet and keep your distance, nothing bad will happen. If the first bone is glued, it will not fall, even if the entire row of plates falls on it. Having made this your life credo, you can achieve unprecedented heights, and few people suspect this.