Everyday choices identify our character and have lasting impacts on the relationships experienced with one another. Choice is the determining factor that results in decision making, and ultimately is what leads to all our behaviors and actions. In the story "The Father" by Hugh Garner, he develops the idea that a father's choice of actions toward his son can inadvertently cause discomfort, resulting in an ineffective relationship. The initial choices made by an individual greatly influence their future state of affairs.
In this story, the son, Johnny, is "too shy to ask his own father" (Garner 65) if he would go to a scout meeting with him. The fact that he was too shy to ask for himself shows that