Summary: Star For The West

In numerous cases, your choice can be affected directly by your characteristics and philosophies to have extremely distinct outcomes. Like the protagonist of the article, Bob was greedy and materialistic. He wanted to make a lot of money, buy a lot of things, enjoy a life of luxury, and display his success conspicuously. And he did not care how he got the money as long as he got it. As a result, he decided to “star for the West” (Henry para.7) to make his fortune when he was eighteen years old. If he did not go to the West, he would become a “successful” man who owned a “handsome watch, the lids of it set with small diamonds” (Henry para.10) On the contrary, Jimmy was conventional and conservative. He intended to have a steady job and life so that eventually he decided not to go to the West with Bob at that time.
And a result of distinct choice, consequently, Bob became a wanted man in Chicago, and Jimmy became a policeman. Nevertheless, both Bob and Jimmy were loyal. Therefore, Bob was willing to come “a thousand miles” (Henry para.7) to stand “at the appointment place” (Henry para.33) and spend extra “half an hour at least” (Henry para.16) to wait for Jimmy. Besides, while he saw Jimmy, he “cried” (Henry para.21) and was extremely excited. For Jimmy, although he recognized that his friend, Bob, was a wanted man in Chicago, he did not arrest him immediately, instead, he chatted with him and said “good-night” (Henry para.17) friendly to Bob. In addition, he finally still asked a stranger to hand a note to Bob and do his job. Because Jimmy was loyal to Bob so that he had no courage to arrest Bob by himself, and because he was also loyal to the law, so he had to arrest Bob. In a conclusion, if Bob did not go to the West or Jimmy went to the West with Bob, would the ending