Decision Making In Short Story: It Was Choice, Not Chance

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It Was Choice, Not Chance Imagine you have to make a decision that will affect your life forever. Was it the choice you made? Or was it all just bound to happen anyways? Although it all could have all just been a strange coincidence, all these short stories are probably trying to teach the reader about making the right decisions because in all the short stories, there is either a consequence or a reward that follows a tough choice that the characters eventually have to face. Stories such as “The Necklace”, “The Interlopers”, and “The Rights To The Streets Of Memphis”. In all of these stories, the characters lives change due to the choice that they have made. For example, in the short story called “The Necklace”, Madame Loisel …show more content…

They have been angry at each other for so long just for a foolish reason. They have been so busy hating each other that they have had no time to have fun and be friendly towards each other. By the time that the two realized that they have been very foolish and have no truly important reason to be angry, their lives had ended without a source of happiness. Another example of decision making is that if Ulrich and Georg would have just simply made amends much earlier, their lives would have been filled with more happy memories and in reality, wouldn’t have ended so abrupt and …show more content…

For example, in the story called “The Necklace, Madame Loisel did not choose to lose her her necklace causing her to have to work to pay it off, but it was her choice to lie about losing it and not tell the friend from whom she borrowed it. And therefore, if she had chosen to tell the friend that she had lost her necklace, she would have been informed that it was a fake jewel and it was not worth much money. In conclusion, as you can probably tell by the facts that were stated, that the result of the short stories were all caused by a choice that the character has made and they were not all a coincidence that just so happened to be. A decision has affected the short short stories such as “The Necklace”, “The Interlopers”, and “The Rights To the Streets Of Memphis”. Some were affected in a positive way, and some in a negative way. But with that being said, be sure to make the right choice and think about how it will affect the

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