Difficult choices

Naturally, humans are given the freewill to make decisions both big and small. Sometimes, people are presented with two or more choices and inevitably have to decide. Consequently, the results can be life altering. The power of choice is exemplified in Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.” In this poem, Frost uses tone, imagery, and irony to assist in showing the effects of a decision. Throughout the poem, Frost’s use of tone holds a large impact on the meaning of the poem. If the tone of

one's life, which leads to the endless suffering even regret and an inability to move on. The poems "Icarus" by Edward Field and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", written by Robert Frost compliment each other as they reflect on the previous choices and consequences of an individual. In "Icarus", Field demonstrates that it is in our hands to either accept the truth and move on. Meanwhile, Frost advises that we may regret a decision that had been made whether it may have been a benefit or a disadvantage

Power to do Good or Evil Valerie Bertinelli once said, “Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.” Every day we make choices. Some choices are go and some are bad. When someone makes a choice, there can be three outcomes: good, bad, and neutral. Making choices can be a split second and is a gut feeling, or it can be a choice which takes days, weeks, months, or even years to make. When we make a

was walking out onto the road. You have two choices. You can try to slam n your breaks, in a heroic attempt to avoid hitting him, or you could hit him because obviously it seems unlikely that you’ll be able to stop. This is an outstanding example of why human beings are rare and delightful creatures. Our conscious minds give us the ultimate power to choose our paths. Though this man could still be hit, and that would not be favorable, we have the choice, the ultimate decision as to whether or not

award-winning novel, The Giver, Lois Lowry demonstrates the incalculable value of making decisions, by creating a dystopian society that does not know the meaning of choice. The ability to make choices is generally taken for granted in modern day society. Since the beginning of our society, people have pushed beyond the confines of not having choices by starting revolutions. During the 1700s, the American colonies led a revolution against the tyrannical mother country of Great Britain. Had the American colonists

Their lunch menu is great. There are various choices to pick from. An all-time favorite of many people is the Shrimp Scampi Linguini with the Cesar Salad. To drink an ice cold sweet iced tea with a squeeze of lemon. While waiting for the order to come how about some boneless buffalo wings? Yummy just

The ability to choose is something that humans have been granted since the dawn of time. The decisions, or choices that individuals make, have affected and altered the way that people have lived for hundreds of years. These decisions range from the outfit that one may on a given day to more serious decisions such as the fate of a nation. While these decisions may be hard to come by at times, they are necessary in the progression of humanity. There are times, however, that these decisions can make

As mortal beings, our own fate is determined by the individual choices we make over the course of our lives, mainly because these selections ultimately define who we are and what we do in life. My reasons for this being, primarily, each decision we make during a lifetime has an impact upon our lives. The next being, we pay the consequences for all of the good and bad we commit in life. Finally, we decide whether to make a good life for ourselves or relinquish our opportunities to do so. While there

Oliverio 1 Bad Choices Life is what we make of it. Our experiences and mistakes shape us as human beings and make us who we are. How we react to bad situations and what we take from them builds our character. Since a little girl i’ve always been active and sports have always been important to me. Being the person I am when something is important to me I become obsessed with it like the sport volleyball. Also being the youngest out of four I am more mature for my age. I’ve grown up watching and learning

The outcome of someone's choice can not only affect them, but others too. This is why your choices are critical to your everyday life. Paul Fisher, the main character in the book, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor finds out how important others choices are because of his family’s move for his Dad’s job. Mrs. Fisher, Paul’s mother made choices that not only had an impact on her, but on Paul, too. The choices she made ultimately influenced Paul because, it changed his social life, made him more cautious