LATE journal entry for summative

How does the environment affect ones decisions?
In Lullabies for Little Criminals, the environment is a major contributor to the decisions that Baby, and even Jules make. When Jules was in a comfortable environment, like his own home, he would act like he would all his life. He would make the decision to constantly go out and get heroin. "Its been on my mind. Id like just a little taste to straighten me up a bit!" Page 10. This quote shows that when Jules is in this environment, he is always thinking about heroin. When Jules was in rehabilitation, their job was to make sure he didnt think about drugs. He became closer to himself and became further from drugs somewhat. He didnt have that need for heroin as much anymore. He became spiritual, saying "Im going to start going to church once i get out." page69. This shows that he has made the decision to attempt to stay off drugs for as long as possible, after giving himself a good, hard look in the mirror at what hes doing to himself. I can relate, not in terms of drugs, but attempting to devote your time to changing yourself. Personally, I am very unflexible. I can not even come close to touching my toes. But once I made Team BC for martial arts I felt i needed to take care of my body if I was going to go through grueling exercises. So i devoted my time to doing stretches and dynamic exercises that would make me more flexible, because the less flexible you are, the higher chances that you will injure yourself. I made sure I stretched every day, and I try to stick to that just like Jules tries to stay off drugs. There is always a turning point in our lives, for Jules it was rehab, for me it was making Team BC. The important thing is to stick to our decisions, no matter what environment we are in.