The Importance of Making Good Decisions

Brent is now more descriptive. He is aware of the damage he did to his body. When he starts to describe the way they bath him, it was very funny as Tina asked him if he has ever been to Boston, he says no and then Tina says part of him has been there, she is referring to the new skin they are putting in his body. I try to understand how someone can harm their body so badly, the way he describes all his injuries make me feel some shivers. Since little I’ve been taught that the biggest present of life is coming to the world, sincerely, Brent stresses me out. This teenage boy has everything to be happy, decides to make his life miserable because of a stupid little problem. I understand that he was scared because of the consequences of being expelled out of school, but I continue to wonder how there are other ways to solve these problems. Each page I read I become more secure and happy about myself because of having the life I have. I am stable emotionally and only reading Brent’s story makes me feel happy of all the things I have in life.

There are people dying of hunger and suffering because of real serious problems and boys like Brent that have everything only invent problems to make their life more interesting, I know this is a very serious blame that I accusing, but is what I personally think about this kinds of people.

While reading this memoir of Brent Runyon I analyze and think the kind of choices people make in life. These choices are the ones that shape each one of us. Our personality is shaped by the actions we make in life and this can change our life drastically. Brent is a perfect example of this, he was a normal teenage boy that is now psychologically marked because of the bad decision he took when burning himself. Not only the physical marks are going to stay in his body marking himself for all his life but also the feeling of disgust knowing that he tried to suicide. This is why from now on, every time I make a decision I will think on the consequences this decision will bring, if it is good or bad and how is this going to affect me emotionally.