<p>PROMPT: Are bad choices and good choices equally likely to have negative consequences?</p>
<p>RESPONSE: The presupposition that bad choices and good choices are equally likely to have negative consequences is an absolute truth. Although some advocates believe that bad choices only lead to negative consequences and good choices lead only to positive consequences, these romantic critics are too dogmatic in their provincial ideology. Choices that are made with rational thought and selflessness may sometimes lead to failure or emotional breakdown. Two prominent archetypes that exemplify how good choices may lead to negative consequences would be William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, and life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Set during a war in Britain, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies illustrates how good choices can lead to negative consequences. Simon’s encounter with the Lord of the Flies lead him to know the truth. Knowing the truth that the monster is the evil in each of the boys and that it is internal problem rather than external, Simon quickly runs to let the other boys know that the monster is their own imagination thy should stop making creatures up. However, as Simon appears closer to the boys, he is fatally killed by Jack, Piggy, and Ralph. Simon made a rational thought out of the goodness in his heart, but this lead him to his death, which is a negative consequence.
Another paradigm that prominently displays how reasonable choices lead to negative consequences is through the life of Jesus Christ. Jesus healed many people and changed the sinner’s lives during the Roman reign. He healed the lepers of leprosy, put back an ear of a person who lost their ear, and healed a woman of a chronic illness of bleeding. Although he preached the truth and defied the hypocrisy of the church leaders, he ultimately was sent to his death through his good works. His good choices of being selfless lead him to death rather than a positive consequence. A good choice lead to negative consequence in this instance.</p>