The Importance Of Experiences In Moral Disorder By Margaret Atwood

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It may be argued that the difficult choices that individuals choose are all shaped by the many experiences that they endure in their lifetime. Experiences are an exceptionally influential aspect of a person's life. Therefore, they have the ability to dictate a person's behavior to an extent. Experiences help an individual attain either a positive or negative attitude which allows them to behave in a certain way in different situations. In the novel ‘Moral disorder' by Margaret Atwood, Nell demonstrates the difficult choices that she faces throughout her past, present, and future life.

Throughout life the opportunities as well as struggles that you face allows you to learn and grow from it. One of the difficult choices that Nell makes in 'The
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Inside the tunnel was what I was meant to learn" This reveals how Nell has to move on to the future, and not think about the past. Individuals should find it in themselves to let go of the regrets and move on with their life to be completely satisfied with who they are. This is an important aspect because it shows the difficult choices that she went through and she overcame it by moving on. Although we tend to underestimate the thoroughness to which experiences having a lasting impact on our lives, Nell’s mom proves to us how much of a victim we are in the aftermath of incidents. Nell's mother doesn’t like unhappy endings as stated, "My mother loves happy endings". Her mother is reclaiming the moments on the album that Nell shows her, she's reliving her memories from the past. Nell is an 11 year that does a lot of chores for a child her age. She feels anxious since her dad told her she has to watch over her mom since she might be in a dangerous condition As shown in those paragraphs it states the difficult choices that individuals face while facing

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