Investigating Whether It Inhibits One's Actions

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Whether it inhibits or encourages one’s actions, it is in my opinion that one can be highly impacted by other forces. There are several factors which are needed to be taken into consideration when it comes to this. First of all, outside forces can easily have a good, positive impact one one’s self. On the contrary, they can also have bad, negative impacts. It all comes down to three factors; how the force approaches, how it is applied, and how it is received. If all three of these deciding factors are applied correctly, one’s actions should generally be encouraged. If these are all applied rather poorly, it is likely that it will have a negative impact. In this short story, there are several examples of how forces had a negative impact on the character, and it is easy to see why.

An outside force can be constructive, or it can be abusive. In this short story, all of the forces which Farrington encountered where abusive. Firstly, let’s look at how it is approached. This is the most important factor for deciding which kind of impact a force will have, and this was evidently avoided in the story. At the beginning, Farrington is ordered angrily from his boss, Mr. Alleyne, to come to his office at once. This is not a great start for Farrington, and already a negative impact has been made. Following this, his boss taunts Farrington,
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It is without question that one can excel with encouragement and constructive criticism. But it also easy for one to fail, or be inhibited, by negative and abusive forces. It is up to us to how we receive forces, good or bad, but when it comes to how it is approached, there is nothing we can do. All that we can do, is treat others the way we would like to be treated. In the short story, Farrington was treated poorly, and ultimately, he treated his son the same

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