to stay in their current faction with their family or to transfer to a new faction. There are many themes in Divergent‚ two of the most outstanding are choice and fear. The first theme that this book revolves around is choice “One choice decides you friends. One choice decides your beliefs. One choice determines your loyalties-Forever. One choice can transform you”. Beatrice’s test results say that she is suited for three out of the five factions‚ Abnegation‚ Dauntless or Erudite‚ this is called
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from The House on Mango Street is about a mother who made a choice early in her life which negatively impacted her future. All of us make choices that set the course of our lives. This statement means that the decisions that we make determine our future because there are consequences for our actions which follow us‚ for a lifetime. First of all‚ the statement “all of us make choices that set the course of our lives‚” applies to the choice that the mother made early in her life to quit school because
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temper lead him to make the bad decisions. When Oedipus goes to Thebes‚ he is presented with a choice‚ to become the king or to continue to move on. Oedipus’ choice to stay puts him one step closer to fulfilling the prophecy. Oedipus is not forced into marrying Jocasta‚ this is simply his decision. By the end of the play Oedipus admits to himself and the people of Thebes that it was his choices that lead to his fate. "Now loathed by the gods‚ son of the mother I defiled coupling in my fathers
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supporting a person. It is not a question of being in charge or in control‚ because choice and decision-making should lie with the person‚ as far as possible. Second‚ it is very important that these principles are part of your everyday work. There should be nothing special about them; they should be part of day-to-day life. Person-centred Values include: Individuality Privacy Rights Independence Choice Dignity Respect Partnership It is important to respect
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in the market and increase their market share. Competition is one of the important aspects of an economy responsible for consumer welfare. Because of competition‚ consumers are assured better quality products at more affordable rates. Consumers choices are respected and their tastes and preferences are considered. This happens because each company needs to keep up with the other and make sure that their services or commodities are preferred over the other’s. For a growing economy‚ where new businesses
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or not‚ the community is still responsible for helping them in the stark task of healing because they are a part of the community‚ and they each contribute toward helping the community. Although when a bad choice is made people get hurt‚ I thinks that it’s important to make a bad choice every now and then because the community‚ not just the person‚ can always learn and improve upon themselves. Unfortunately‚ sometimes it takes a big accident to help someone improve‚ like Cole. I agree with what
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of their life. By focusing on other parts of their life they can improve their happiness and create more positive events in their life. One reason that it is important to forgive is that a person’s health can be positively affected by making this choice. For example‚ forgiveness can allow a person to have less stress and anxiety‚ lower blood pressure‚ and fewer symptoms of depression. People who forgive are even less likely to have symptoms of alcohol and/or substance abuse. All a person has to do
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Judgement can ruin someone’s life when you see me‚ what do you think ? “oh look its Ron Wesley” or do you think “wow‚ he needs a hair cut”‚ see us gingers need to watch out… cause of global warming of course‚ no but seriously being ginger is hard because you don’t get your own nickname‚ if your ginger your nickname is always ginger it’s a fact‚ but me being ginger is just the way I look‚ I cant help that. Just the way someone looks can actually change their entire life‚ why? Because if you look ugly
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We all make choices every day. Some choices result in a very important consequence in our lives such as choosing a college or a life-long career. Others have much less significance‚ such as choosing an outfit to wear or a movie to watch. But how do we make important decisions? How do we know what to choose? Research shows that we often base our decisions on emotion rather than intellect. Emotions affect actions because actions allow feelings to be expressed. Most people express their feelings by
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Within our society‚ it is usually assumed that we have free will. If you were to ask a random person on the street‚ they would most likely respond to the question‚ "Do you have free will or is there Fate" with the affirmation that they make their own decisions‚ because God gives us free will. Yet in the assumption of the fact that God gave us free will‚ there is a logical disconnect that most people ignore. How can God exist in a world where we can change the outcome of a situation in a way that
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