Abstract Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British romantic drama directed by Danny Boyle. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight, the most for any film of 2008.On the interpretation of the film, many scholars make a fruitful exploration, but these linguistic features and are more from shooting techniques, focusing on the interpretation of the films theme and successes. Fatalism is a valuable aspect of creation in the movie Slumdog Millionaire which describes about the fate of the characters is particularly highlighted. This is a problem worthy of our serious consideration: How to correctly understand the infiltration of religious thought, the cruel fate and dark reality in the film? The purpose of the present study is to analyze necessity, contingency and creativity in plot arrangement from the perspective of fatalism setting and characters in the film, and to discuss the causes of fatalistic ideas and its performance analysis in creation of this film. Its expression is not a pure fatalism, but takes fatalism to criticize the society and pay attention to the suffering through the experience of the protagonist, around a reflection on human nature as well as the satire in American dream.Key Words: Slumdog Millionaire; fatalism; love attitude; criticism摘要 2008年上映的贫民窟的百万富翁这部电影是根据印度作家及外交官维卡斯史瓦卢普的作品Q&A所改编，由英国导演丹尼博伊尔所执导拍摄。于2009年贫民窟的百万富翁得到奥斯卡金像奖十项提名，并荣获了8个奖项，成为2008年电影界的大赢家。关于该电影的阐释，不少学者做出了卓有成效的探索，但这些研究多从语言特点和拍摄技巧方面着眼于解读电影的主题和成功之处等，宿命论是影片贫民窟的百万富翁创作思想的一个重要方面，作品中关于人物命运的描写对此表现得尤为突出。该如何正确理解影片中渗透的宗教思想，残酷的宿命与黑暗的现实，这是值得我们深思的问题。本论文主要论述这一宿命论思想的形成原因，并对其在这部影片创作中的人物设定和情节安排中的必然性、偶然性以及创造性进行了分析，其表达的并不是一种纯粹的宿命论思想，而是借宿命论来达到社会批判的目的，通过主人公的苦难经历对社会呐喊，引起世人对人性的思考以及美国梦的讽刺。关键词：贫民窟的百万富翁；宿命论；爱情观；批判ContentsAbstracti摘要ii1. Introduction11.1 Rationale11.2 Aim and objectives11.3 Organization of the paper22. Literature Review32.1 Studies on fatalism32.1.1 Definition of fatalism32.1.2 Foreign and domestic study on fatalism32.2 Brief introduction about Slumdog Millionaire42.3 Foreign and domestic study on Slumdog Millionaire43. The causes of fatalistic colors in Slumdog Millionaire63.1 Family environment63.2 Collective education63.3 Social culture74. Fatalism in marriage decisions84.1 the encouragement in love attitude towards actor84.2 the conditioning in love attitude towards actress85. The manifestation of fatalism in plot arrangement105.1 The living conditions in the slum105.2 An unattainable dream105.3 The unequal status115.3.1 The conceited, self-satisfied white people115.3.2 The destitute Jamal115.4 The loyalty and betrayal of Salim116. Conclusion136.1 Major findings136.2 Limitations and suggestions14References15Acknowledgements171. Introduction1.1 RationaleAccording to Oxford Advanced Learners English-Chinese Dictionary 6th Edition (2004:626), fatalism is the belief that events are decided by fate and that you cannot control them; the fact of accepting that you cannot prevent something from happening.In 19th century Charles Darwins theory of evolution is to break the traditional philosophy and theology on God and the human concept of idealism so that it is rising out of the gloom and melancholy of the new concepts of natural philosophy. In front of the vast universe, under the influence of genetic factors and life environment, people cannot master their own destiny, and even feel powerless.Xu Jiangang (2009) states that fatalism, as a concept of destiny, does have its negative influence. Mankind itself is a living in a world of immeasurable natural forces to control small fraction of the endless, repetitive evolution process. At the same time, natural cruelty is also a new understanding of the natural philosophy. Human in front of nature must compete to survive, and the destruction of a small number of people is inevitably sacrificed in the course of human progress. Fatalism is changing over from irrationality to rationality. Whether Gods control destiny or environment impacts fate, people in the face of powerful forces are always helpless.Fatalism is in general the view which holds that all events in the history of the world, and, in particular, the actions and incidents which make up the story of each individual life, are determined by fate. The theory takes many forms, or, rather, its essential feature of an antecedent force rigidly predetermining all occurrences enters in one shape or another into many theories of the universe. Sometimes in the ancient world fate was conceived as an iron necessity in the nature of things, overruling and controlling the will and power of the gods themselves. Sometimes it was explained as the inexorable decree of the gods direc