Decisions In Lauren Miller's Free To Fall

From the start of independence, the question of career selection has stumbled teens across the globe. Whether the outcome be based on the amount of money, the location, or even the very few who find their true passion, no one has a definitive idea on what they will pursue at an early age. Richard Van Camp’s main character, Leo, is faced with this same dilemma. Van Camp's short story, “The Strongest Blood”, explores the use of symbolism, brought through by money, the conflicts in which influence career decision, and the use of pathos to evoke an emotional connection to the reality of the world.

Melton McLaurin’s book Celia, A Slave is the account of the trial, conviction, and execution of a female slave for the murder of her “master” Robert Newsom in 1855. The author uses evidence compiled through studying documents from Callaway County, Missouri and the surrounding area during the middle of the Nineteenth Century. Although much of what can be determine about this event is merely speculation, McLaurin proposes arguments for the different motives that contribute to the way in which many of the events unfold. Now throughout the book the “main characters”, being Celia, her lawyer Jameson, and the judge William Hall, are all faced with moral decisions that affect the lives of two different people.

This novel was set during the post war period, this was a time when independence and rebelling against parents and law was more important than doing the right thing, during these times of independence, and teenagers needed friendship more than anything else.

Why does Miss, Caroline and scout get off on the wrong foot. I think they got off on the wrong foot because when miss, Caroline state's ‘’Tell your father to stop teaching you how to read.’’ Scout really loved to read and in made her mad that miss Caroline thought her dad had taught her so scout stated ‘’My Father ain't taught me nothing.’’ Miss Caroline states that someone had to have taught her she didn't just teach herself how to read. One lesson that scout learned in this chapter is when she picked on dill for being little at the end of the chapter she realizes that she likes dill and shouldn't have picked on him because that is mean.

From the start of independence, the question of the process of career selection has stumbled teens across the globe. Whether the outcome be based on the amount of money, the location, or even the very few who find their true passion, no one has a definitive idea on what they will pursue. Richard Van Camp’s main character, Leo, is faced with the same dilemma. Van Camp's short story, “The Strongest Blood”, explores the use of symbolism, brought through by money, the conflicts in which influence career decision, and the use of pathos to evoke an emotional connection to the reality of the world.

John Updike’s A&P accurately depicts the quintessence of adolescent idealism, as Sammy, the protagonist, makes a decision that takes him from being a rule following, naïve, adolescent to a mature young man willing to make his own decisions to help steer him towards adulthood. Sammy quits his job thinking it would make him look like a hero only realizing that he does not get the pat on the back that he hoped for. The drive behind Sammy’s decision, as well as the narrating voice captures the peak of his childhood years in a relatable and realistic way.

Everyday people are put in many situations where they will have to choose. In present day we understand the difference between right and wrong, virtuous or vicious, as being a moral decision people need to choose. People can either choose good and affect society in a positive way or bad, and affect society in a negative way. This is shown in the novel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Many characters in the novel make moral choices. Jeevan’s brother Frank makes life changing decisions in the novel, Kristen makes moral decisions in the novel that stay with her in a negative way, and moral decisions about keeping the quarantine plane closed that affects society in a positive way. Moral choices made

Mistakes can seriously impact the people who make them; however, the effects are not always negative. In the book, Whirligig, by Paul Fleischman, a teenage boy named Brent is the new kid in town and he faces some major problems with his peers. After being pushed around, treated like a pawn, and utterly rejected, Brent tries to commit suicide by taking his hands off the wheel of his moving car. Although Brent’s attempt is not successful, his actions still have a tragic ending- Lea, a young, kind, beautiful girl, is unlucky enough to be in the car that Brent crashes into. The car accident results in Lea’s death, but also the start of Brent’s magical journey of redemption. Brent’s task is to travel to the four corners of the country, build

In Katherine Paterson’s novel Lyddie, the main character faces several difficult decisions as she tries to take care of her family after her father disappears from their small mountain farm in Vermont. When there is not enough food, her mother and younger sisters go to an uncle’s house while Lyddie and her brother Charlie spend a winter alone on the farm trying to keep it so the family can come home one day. In the spring, Lyddie and Charlie have to leave also. He is apprenticed to a miller, and she takes a job at a local tavern. Eventually, however, she starts thinking about going south to Lowell, Massachusetts, to work in the textile mills. Some would say that this is a foolish move for Lyddie because it takes her far away from the home and

In the film ‘Run Lola Run’ the composer, Tom Tykwer, uses the story line to emphasize how decisions made by an individual can have a drastic impact on the lives and futures of those around them. Tykwer utilised distinctively visual techniques of photographic montage and repeated yet slightly altered scenarios in order to show the importance of Lola’s decisions throughout each run of the film scenario. The use of the repeated scenario, along with the rapidly shown still photographic representations of the future in regards to people effected by the character Lola’s decisions the composer is able to put emphasis on the chain reaction of effects based on Lola’s actions. For example, in every run of the scenario, Lola encounters a woman with her

In the essay “Don’t Just Stand There,” Diane Cole discusses the prejudice remark directed toward her and how someone should react to such a harsh comment thrown at them on purpose or on accident. In Cole’s essay, her coworker made a comment trying to be funny and the remark ended up insulting Cole due to her being Jewish. In response to this, Cole ignored the situation and later thought about what she could have done to prevent any future actions.

In “They’re not your husband”, Earl told his wife “I think you’d better consider going on a diet. I mean it. I’m serious you could stand to lose a few pounds” (Carver 2). This example clearly showed the comments from the businessmen impacted Earl in wanting his wife Doreen to look a certain way and fit in with society.

Beauty is determined by society and their standards. Women are expected to be skinny, pretty and to be a thin size which puts pressure on women. The pressures of society persuade women to go through extreme measures to fit in with society standards. This is evident in the short stories “The Falling girl” and “They’re Not Your Husband” as the main characters are impacted by social expectations, insecurity and peer pressure.

“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do” (Benjamin Spock). In “The Lady And The Tiger.” By Frank Stockton a man finds himself loving a princess. The king then finds out and the man then must go to the arena to choose his fate. So now the man has to make a decision that can ruin his whole life!

Falling Down is a film about a man who we know very little about (at