Choices can affect judgement. Mickey Mantle chose to judge Holling by what he wore, the result was he lost two of his fans by making a choice that might have hurt Holling’s feelings. Now Holling trust Danny Hupfer more because he defended Holling by giving his signed baseball back to Mickey because he is a loyal friend. One example of my explanation in The Wednesday Wars is, “Mickey Mantle looked me up and down. ‘Sure he is. Listen, I don't sign baseballs for kids in yellow tights ‘“ (Schmidt 92). Mickey Mantle’s choice was to sign the ball or not. Mickey chose not to sign the ball based on what Holling is wearing. Mickey could have kept his comments to himself.
Choices affect how people feel towards each other. Holling asked Meryl Lee to go on a date with Holling, but he did not have enough money. One of Holling's choice was trying to get his allowance early. He asked his dad if he could get his allowance in advance, but Mr. Hoodhood said no. Here is an example, “ I sipped my Coke. I hoped he forgot” (143). “He” refers to Meryl Lee’s dad, Holling wants Meryl Lee’s dad to forget to pick her up, so the night would not …show more content…
Friendships can get affected like when Danny punched the eighth grader for Mai Thi. Even though he got into trouble, Danny feels good because he made his friendship with Mai Thi even stronger. Now Mai Thi’s trust to Danny becomes stronger, because Danny defended her against the eighth grader. One of Mr. Schmidt’s examples is, “ Mai Thi started to cry, just stood there crying, and Danny took his entire tray---which was filled with Tuna Casserole Surprise and two glasses of chocolate milk and red jello with peaches---and dumped it over the penitentiary-bound eighth grader’s stupid head, and then, before the eighth grader could open his stupid eyes to see who had done it, Danny punched him as hard as he could and broke his stupid nose”