Why Do Bad Decisions Affect People's Behavior?

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People's behaviors can be evil despite their good image regardless of temptations. Personal attempts can include; Doing a friend a favor, weather, and bad decisions caused by an individual.

Doing a favor for a person could be unintelligent and evil even though he is a good civilian living everyday. The stranger connects it by saying,’I'd expect him to hit the cop back” page 37. Opening up the possibilities by turning good decisions to bad ones just in a few seconds of not thinking wisely. Leading to not very good reputations from officials before something minor ever happens again later on. Creating a sense of guilt in a person's mind hours after the incident. Building the base for good citizens to commit serious crimes based on weather.
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Possibly leaving an impact for life on good personal records later on. Meursault in mentions the situation by saying “Long flashing blade cutting my forehead” on page 59. The passage relates to weather changing a mood by describing how it would hurt wise decision making. Allowing for evil ideas to quickly start instantaneously. Opening doors for legal to possibly become illegal by a tragic turn. Especially when it combines with other circumstances relating to the incident that possibly occurs. Even when all of the bad decisions which can lead to do crime from a not guilty person. “I fired four times at the motionless” page 59. relating to all of possible errors an average person can do by not feeling good or weather.
Affecting factors include;favors for friends , weather, and bad decisions will tempt good people in doing harmful decisions. Merault in “The Stranger” mentions all of these concepts by starting as a average person and eventually turning into a person guilty of a serious crime. Showing us how basic good deeds turn turn evil very quickly. Creating serious damage on a good person's reputation. Overall hurting a person from one mistake in a few seconds of a minute. Which mentions how people's behaviors are evil not

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