Cold Equations By Tom Godwin: Hard Choices
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In life we all have a decision that makes things very hard for us to choose the correct option. The character Barton in Cold Equations written by Tom Godwin faces the most difficult decision in the hard choices unit because he has to choose between life or death and getting attached to Marilyn.
Life or death is a hard choice to make especially if it involves someone that never personally hurt you. Barton had to choose if he was going to jettison Marilyn and save the other people on the planet, or if he would let Marilyn stay on the ship long enough to kill them both and the other people on the planet. After finding the eighteen year old stowaway female, Barton began to make calls to see if he was going to have to jettison Marilyn. He began