It's amazing that every decision people make, no matter how unimportant it may seem, can change the outcome of their day or even, on a larger scale, their lives. From asking someone out on a date to buying a watch; decisions can start a chain reaction of events that can take one on a journey to the unknown. In Carrie's Story in the Dumbtown Inquirer, there are many people who made decisions that led to the death of Carrie Johnston. Amongst these people, the decisions made by the lover, the cab driver, and Carrie herself were the most significant and therefore, made these individuals principally accountable for her demise.
             Carrie Johnston's lover can be held responsible for her death as it was this man's selfish and unthoughtful decisions that led to Carrie's fatal walk through City Park. The lover "did not offer to drive Johnston home to safety" even though he was aware that the vagrant had approached her in an aggressive manner moments earlier. This shows that he is very self-centered because he was only thinking about what might happen to him and not about what might happen to Carrie if she were to walk home alone. Although, the lover had said that "he was in the relationship for fun and was not about to risk an encounter with [David] Walker", he should have still given her a ride home out of plain human decency. Not only did the lover not offer Carrie a ride home but he also did not give her any other alternatives to walking home alone. He could have simply walked her through the park, or, at the least, given her money for a safe cab ride home. This negligence and selfishness, demonstr!
             ated by the lover, played an enormous role in her eventual doom.
             The cab driver is also responsible for her death but in a very different way than that of the lover. The decisions made by the cab driver were strictly made with respect to being a businessman. For example, "he refused...