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Tangerine Choices by Stian Lileng As Doe Zantamata once said, “Every choice you make has consequences.” In the book “Tangerine” Paul proved this to be true. Every choice has consequences; either good or bad. The book tangerine is about a boy named Paul that is fighting through his life with a brother that doesn't make good choices, while also being legally blind. Paul's family, and coaches impacted his life by making him Legally blind, making him angry at his family, making him feel different…

about free will and enlightens the fact that you are free to choose, but, consequently, you are not free from the consequence(s), whether good or bad, of your choice. Throughout this story many examples are found when key events that shape the story are dependent on the character’s choice in the situation. Later the reader finds how that choice has affected the character and those surrounding them. They then have to live with that because you cannot alter the past. But when the reader gets back…

Here* Imagine this. Two doors, both alike in appearance. One is an exit whilst the other is a trap. You are given a choice in which door to go through. Hypothetically, let’s say you choose the first door. Bam, wrong choice. Let’s say you choose the second. Nope, wrong again. Both doors were traps; you never really had a choice. It may seem that your life is governed by the choices you make—you don’t need fate or destiny to predetermine it for you, but when we look at the tragedy of Romeo and…

Every day, people are faced with choices. Life is full of them. But having choices is a good thing since that means they have the free will to make their choice. Most people watch television, and the commercials that inundate them with products to buy. But with so many options, how does one make choices? With television commercials, advertisers need to be very smart and creative with how they endorse their product because seconds count. Sometimes people are not even fully listening to what the…

When it comes to making a difficult decision, people do the unthinkable. It can be the best decision the person can make or the worst, only time can tell. Doing the unthinkable is very risky, it can even cause derangement in a person . The madness in a person will start rising as they continue thinking about how the decision can make and will affect their future. It can happen to all of us once in awhile, but it is only temporary until we have a stress reliever to face reality. However, what…

person can make nearly 35,000 different decisions, both conscious and subconsciously. The process of which these decisions are made can sometimes be complex and sometimes simple, depending on the severity of the results. However, many times, such choices can slip away, taken from a person’s control due to outside influences and societal pressures. Within the novel Age of Innocence, social conventions and adherences to the norm are what dictate daily decisions for those who subscribe to this kind…

former King Laius. D. Oedipus’ life is made of fate. He has many choices to choose from, but the events in his life caused him to come to this conclusion. At the same, if he was not given away at birth this conclusion would not still be avoided. His life is determined by fate unlike Hamlet who has the choice of free will. Body Part 2 A. Hamlet has the choice of free will even though tragic events seem to come to him. The ultimate choice he made was revenge. B. The first event that caused this…

Is the problem of free will really a problem at all? Some may take comfort in knowing that all their choices are of their own free will, and others may take comfort in knowing that everything is predetermined. The avenues we could go down in which to analyze the problem of free will are endless; I’m going to touch base on just a few key points. One point of view is that physics controls outcomes in your life. Another point of view possibility is that you have complete control. Is our free will…

quote, anecdote, explanation, and maybe a brief research study or two. The book begins with Ben-Shahar telling the reader that research findings show that at least 40 percent of happiness is based on the personal choice to be happy or not. He goes on to say that life is all about choices, and that everyone needs to realize that they almost always…

In Shapiro's "Auto Wreck," the speaker questions the role of cause and effect in human experience as opposed to random chaos. In the poem, the speaker views an “accident” as situations that seem to occur without a concise cause and effect relationship. In life, we usually see a clear relationship between what happens in our lives. However, when that order eventuates in chaos, we tend become guilty of seeing ourselves as victims of these situations. Thus, despite the uncertainty of the horrors of…