The protagonist Lee Waite in the sort story "Sixty Acres" by Raymond Carver is faced with making two important decisions. The first choice Lee is faced with is how to go about treating the young duck shooters that he has just found trespassing on his land. Waite then is conflicted with himself when deciding if he should lease some of his property away or not.
At first, when Lee catches the shooters on his land he is very angry; however, he tries to cool down and let them off easy as they are young and have only made one mistake. The way in which Lee has dealt with this situation shows that behind the strong and strict person many may see in Lee, he does have a softer, more sympathetic side. Later, Lee is confronted with another situation, in which he doesn't know if he should follow through with leasing his land and choose earning money over honoring family traditions or not. This scene in the book is left unresolved; though, it has ended with Lee leaning towards selling his land since he could use the money. In the past, I was faced with the decision of deciding which elective I would take at my school; several of the elective choices were more on the creative side, while some more productive. I chose to enroll in one of each type; this one decision signifies and important aspect of my personality; I like and try to have a balance in things as much as possible.
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