In the book Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, A Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima, and even in our own lives, we tend to make decisions, either good or bad, that affect our lives and the lives of our loved ones. For Romeo and Juliet, marrying each other and not confessing to their parents about their love was a bad decision that cost them their lives. For A Sound of Waves, a good decision Shinji decided to make was to marry Hatsue. The poor decision I made in my life was not being who I truly was during middle school and hanging out with the wrong friend groups. “For this alliance may so happily prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love”(Romeo and Juliet 2.3.98-99), the quote explains that Friar Lawrence only marries the two only for