The Tough Decisions In The Waters Of Babylon

Writing Prompt
Making decisions can be at certain times very easy, and other times very difficult. Decisions are made on a daily basis, for a great variety of different reasons. With some being bigger and more important then others these decisions require time to consider all the different possibilities and different results. In the short story, The Waters of Babylon, certain characters were put into tough situations and were forced to make some tough decisions. These tough decisions don’t just happen in stories, as they frequently happen in everyday life, specifically professional athletes. Decisions are a privilege, someone has been granted the ability to chose what they want to, the only thing is we don’t always make the right choice.
Throughout The Waters of Babylon, the main character, John, is partaking in a spiritual journey, in order to find his inner self. During his journey he is given multiple signs telling him to go east, even though going east is forbidden. John is forced into the tough decision of either following the signs telling him to go to forbidden land, or listen to the elders and stay away from what is forbidden. In order to complete his journey, John decides to go east through the forbidden land. The choice that john …show more content…
Although it wasn’t always like this. For these athletes to get to were they are now, these athletes were forced to decide if this was what they wanted, because they couldn’t have it all. To get to the level of a professional athlete, to become the best in the world at what you do it takes dedication, endless hours of training and all out commitment. This means that at an earlier stage in these athletes lives, they didn’t get to experience what normal kids got to experience. Because this life requires so much dedication and commitment most choose to opt out of it, but these athletes made the tough decision, the risk, to continue with it and become the