The Impact of Decison Making

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Decisions are made in every sector and day-to- day lives, whether it be small or big. Thus, it is imperative to make a decisions after being well-informed as it can have a significant amount of impact on how one’s life turns out to be. This decision- making process is heavily influenced by past experiences and emotional states, to name a few. In The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano, the female protagonist Alice makes most of her decisions in life based on an incident that left her both physically and emotionally unstable. Alternatively, in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Jane too makes decisions based on her experiences, but takes a moral and ethical stance instead of having her decisions influenced by her emotions. Decisions are irrational when emotions take precedence over the rational side of conscience and yield advantages when morality, principles and ethics take precedence over emotions. Experiences and challenges greatly impact and influence an individual’s personality, and factors that contribute to making a decision are relationships shared with the family, the positive environment and the ability to critic right from wrong.

When an individual shares a poor relationship with family; it leads to the person being emotionally unstable because of which one may enter a path of self-destruction, and foster feelings of unworthiness and devaluation. In both Jane Eyre and The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Alice and Jane share a poor relationship with their family members and this causes a significant impact on their decisions. In The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Alice shares a poor relationship with her father as she blames him for the accident that left her impaired. The high expectations of her father, transforms Alic...

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...t injustices and the social ills as it would greatly impact one’s perception of themselves and dictate their societal value, which impacts the decisions made.

In conclusion, a poor relationship with one’s family, inability to cope with the environment and go through the natural process of metamorphosis, and not being able to stand up against injustice and societal ills can lead to an individual taking poor life decisions that will have a significant impact on their future. Alternatively, being able to make decisions based on circumstances and having a rational outlook will lead to decisions that are not only beneficial, but would also make the individual satisfied with the outcome.

Works Cited

Giordano, Paolo. The Solitude of Prime Numbers. New York: Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2010. Print.

Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Scholastic, 2003. Print.

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