Throughout all of history, there has not been a month, day, minute, in which someone wasn’t making a decision. From choosing what to wear in the morning to what college to attend, life is full of making choices that could change everything. Therefore, it is up to people to make their own decisions, to choose what they want, right? It’s a part of growing up for someone to make their own choices, to become a responsible adult. This being said, there are times when people are pushed to do things that they don’t want to do, to go down a road that they wouldn’t choose for themselves. Why, though? Why do people let others make decisions for them?
There are several reasons in which people do things that they don’t want to, though some say that people …show more content…
Set to be married to one of the finer men in the small town of Dustwalk and with no choice of job or status, Amani is desperate to escape her life in the desert. Her aunt and uncle had all of Amani’s choices made for her, and a life of housework and small menial jobs were the future. The only other option that Amani could see was to run, to live her own life outside of a small desert town and away from her brutal aunt and uncle. In this case, the young heroine chose her own future when she sought to run away, to make her own decisions. It could be said that people can, in fact, make their own decisions, as Amani did. Only the matter of actually acting is in the way of people doing what they wish. Nonetheless, the power of influence is strong, as stated by Vanessa K. Bohns. “People tend not to recognize how difficult it is to say no to someone,” Bohns stated. She describes that often people forget how it can be uncomfortable to say no when requesting a task of someone. Therefore, many don’t stand up for themselves because of how uncomfortable it can be to deny an inquiry, especially
There are several reasons in which people do things that they don’t want to, though some say that people …show more content…
Set to be married to one of the finer men in the small town of Dustwalk and with no choice of job or status, Amani is desperate to escape her life in the desert. Her aunt and uncle had all of Amani’s choices made for her, and a life of housework and small menial jobs were the future. The only other option that Amani could see was to run, to live her own life outside of a small desert town and away from her brutal aunt and uncle. In this case, the young heroine chose her own future when she sought to run away, to make her own decisions. It could be said that people can, in fact, make their own decisions, as Amani did. Only the matter of actually acting is in the way of people doing what they wish. Nonetheless, the power of influence is strong, as stated by Vanessa K. Bohns. “People tend not to recognize how difficult it is to say no to someone,” Bohns stated. She describes that often people forget how it can be uncomfortable to say no when requesting a task of someone. Therefore, many don’t stand up for themselves because of how uncomfortable it can be to deny an inquiry, especially