Jessika Serrano

The following paragraphs will include definitions, examples, and elements that I see fit for the word "choice".

My personal definition of choice is doing what you feel is correct and being able to do so without anyone's consent. The actual definition of choice is to select freely and after consideration.

Another definition I found that I thought was interesting was one that said choice is a mental process involved with the process of judging multiple options and selecting the best one according to interest and consequence.

Synonyms of this word include, but are not limited to; alternative, decision, distinction, option, preference, and judgement. You can clearly see how all these words relate.

I'll also list a few translations of this word. In Italian: scelta, Portuguese: escolha, French: choix, and Spanish: opcion.

Choice is widely interpreted in the world of politics and economics. Being that we base our government on a two-party system in America, choice is a big thing.

The word choice has always been used by all to express decision or election. It has never had a different meaning. It might have become more complex and detailed as time passed, but the root meaning has always, and I believe will, remain.

I found the word choice in print on two occasions. I found it in a magazine as an advertisement. "It's Your Choice" was how the advertisement used the word. I found it in a newspaper article as a title. The title read "Canadian Choice". It was an article that compared education systems in America and Canada. In the internet you often run into the word choice. There is three different websites named Choice. One is about teen issues and help lines, the second talks about childrens education and its' importance. The third is simply an online shopping site. Caral.org is another site that deals with politics and women's rights.

This shows how the word is used in many ways to accomplish different things, while the definition remains the same.

In the book The Giver you will find a valuable lesson of choice. It's the tale of a futuristic community of individuals that all believe in equality. They all consider each other the "same". They do everything and live in a way of routine. They don't choose anything at all. Not their job, spouse, home, or even their clothes. They don't know what the freedom of choice means. Choice isn't even a word to them. By reading this story you will learn to value choice.

The following are three famous quotes based or are in someway related to choice.

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."
-Eleanor Roosevelt

"Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made."
-Wayne Dyer

"There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy."
-Unknown Source