After reading various short stories, poems, and plays, I have chosen to discuss how one's choices, decisions, and experiences play a vital role in which all these affect one's life. The three genres I have chosen "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost and "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles allows the reader to observe one's outcome in life due to various circumstances.
             In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown," Goodman Brown makes a choice of joining evil through much decision, and in turn, his experiences makes his life lonely and miserable. As Goodman Brown leaves his wife, Faith, to go to the forest to take a dangerous and unknown path, he thinks to himself, "Well, she's a blessed angel on earth; and after this one night I'll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven" (81). Goodman Brown believes he can depend on his wife's "faith" to save him, so it won't matter if he leaves his own "faith" at home because it will be waiting for him when he returns. Even though Goodman Brown senses a feeling of uncertainty, he still continues with his evil journey. His decision is justified by the promise that he makes to himself that all will be well when he returns. By making this choice, Goodman Brown decides to meet with the devil in the forest, and he has to choose whether to go back to his "faith: or explore the evils that the devil has to offer. Goodman Brown meets with the devil along a crooked path, and the devil asks why he was late; Goodman Brown replied,
             "Faith kept me back awhile" (81). The "faith" Goodman Brown had left behind was not only his wife, but also his literal faith within himself. Once again, a choice has to be made as to whether or not to continue with the journey. Throughout the journey many decisions were made and Goodman B...