Andrew Ryans once said, “We all make choices, the hard thing is to live with them, and nobody can help you with that” Tom Godwin portrays this quote very well in his story, so well that he puts everyone on the edge of their seat while they read the short story The Cold Equation. He puts many twists, turns and hard choices in the book that makes them feel like they were Barton making the decision whether or not to kill this young, blonde, bubbly teen named Marilyn. In life we all have hard choices to make, where we will have a bad outcome no matter what way we go. However, once in a blue moon everyone will have a good outcome or a somewhat good thing happens. Sometimes people will make the wrong decision, but usually the hard choice is the right
