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,

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Lastly, in “Lysandra’s Poem”, there are negative consequences to quick decisions that characters make. They were facing one another, standing sideways to me”(Wilson 132). “Blackfoot side”(King 82), she said. Elaine and Lysandra lose their friendship over a poetry contest, which results in endless revenge and agony. Lysandra wants to do anything that could get back at Elaine for robbing her of her poetry contest prize. 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. Therefore, she makes choices that results in a loss of a career, and weakens her relationship with her aunt. In conclusion, Hannah makes crucial decisions and realizes the negative outcome. Hannah could not hold back the feeling that she has to ride a bike.

Approximate Word count = 928
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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