Tough Choices In Edgar Allan By Michael Fickett

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“It is our choices that make us who we are, far more than our abilities.” (J.K. Rowling) This greatly depicts Michael Fickett in the story Edgar Allan by John Neufeld. This book shows the life of a white family who adopts a colored boy in the 1960’s. The story, narrated by Michael Fickett, explains the consequences of the family’s life-changing decision. This decision brings disunity among the neighbors, the church, and Michael’s own family, it causes Michael to make tough choices which only bring tougher consequences. Michael makes tough choices due to his observant, imaginative, and protective nature. Michael is very quiet but he thinks out of the box. He always thinks before he does anything and acts when he sustains all his variables