Cause and Effect Essay - Borders/The Bicycle/Lysandras Poem
The choices people make today, have either small consequences, or large consequences. This occurs in the following three short stories. In "Borders", written by Thomas King, Laetitia decides to move off the reserve. Her mother cannot say she is either American or Canadian and this results in not being able to cross the border. In "The Bicycle", by Jillian Horton, Hannah decides to ride her bike against the wishes of her aunt and also refuses a plane ticket to New York which jeopardizes her music career. In "Lysandra's Poem", written by Budge Wilson, Elaine decides to join the poetry contest, and Lysandra decides to dance with the boy Elaine liked. In each of the short stories, the main characters make choices that results in a consequence, either positive or negative.First, in the short story "Borders", Laetitia decides to move off the reserve. Laetitia says life around the reserve is boring: "Laetitia turned off the set and said she was going to Salt Lake City, that life around here was too boring"(King 86). By moving out of the reserve during her teenage years, she gets the chance to live and develop her future in a better location. There are more jobs in a large city, than on a reserve,
Wilson, Budge. "Lysandra's Poem". Sightlines 10 Crane, Mary, Barbara Fullerton, and Amanda Joseph, eds. Therefore, the choices that were made in the three short stories, "Lysandra's Poem", "The Bicycle", and "Borders", all have consequences, some positive but mostly negative. They will either be small consequences or large consequences. Elaine and Lysandra lost their friendship over a poetry contest, a mother makes a crucial choice that results in not being able to cross the border, Laetitia decides to move off the reserve, Hannah decides to ride a bicycle which results in weakening the relationship with her aunt, and Hannah makes the choice of refusing the plane ticket to New York which hinders her music career. It is evident from the stories that every decision that we make has a consequence. These consequences can be good when the choices are good, or can be bad when the choices are poor. But it also evident that the choices we make and the ultimate consequences can be hard to predict and can be dependent on others. Good choices should be made which considers the feeling of others and which considers the potentially bad consequence. and there are also better opportunities in a large city. In another character decision, Laetitia's mother refuses to cooperate at the border by stating that she is neither an American or Canadian citizen. "Blackfoot side"(Ki
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Approximate Word count = 928
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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