You are ayoung boy growing up without a true home.
Your parents were famous rodeo stars but recently had
to quit for reasons unknown to you. You have moved to
Alaska and your mom is now an alcoholic. One night,
your parents have a fight and your mom decides that
she’s going to run away, taking you and your siblings
with her. You’ve always loved your dad more but he
isn’t doing anything to stop her from taking you. Do
you…
Go with her willingly? OR
Fight her and try to
stay with your dad?
4.
She brought youto San Francisco where she neglects you
and your siblings. Despite the fact that you chose to leave
your dad, you find yourself wishing he would come for you.
Soon, you grow tired to waiting. Do you…
Run away to look for him? OR
Keep waiting for him
to come for you?
5.
Sadly, your attemptsare in vain. You end up with your
mother. She brought you to San Francisco where she
neglects you and your siblings. Despite the fact that you
chose to leave your dad, you find yourself wishing he would
come for you. Soon, you grow tired to waiting. Do you…
Run away to look for him? OR
Keep waiting for him
to come for you?
6.
Unfortunately, you gotcaught and dragged back to your
mom. Time passes, and there’s still no sign of your dad. You
go to school, but get in trouble a lot. One night, your mother
dies. You get sent to a few orphanages before ending up at
one led by a nurse who seems bent on killing you. She often
tries to drown you, but there’s nobody who can- or will- help
you. You finally get sick and go to a hospital, where your dad
shows up. When you’re healthy enough, he takes you and the
two of you travel together, making it hard for you to get an
education. Still, you’re a lot happier than you have been.
After third grade, your father pulls you out of school. Do
you…
Continue traveling with
him happily?
OR
Argue, telling him
you want to learn?
7.
Time passes, andthere’s still no sign of your dad. You go to
school, but get in trouble a lot. One night, your mother dies.
You get sent to a few orphanages before ending up at one led
by a nurse who seems bent on killing you. She often tries to
drown you, but there’s nobody who can- or will- help you.
You finally get sick and go to a hospital, where your dad
shows up. When you’re healthy enough, he takes you and the
two of you travel together, making it hard for you to get an
education. Still, you’re a lot happier than you have been.
After third grade, your father pulls you out of school. Do
you…
Continue traveling with
him happily?
OR
Argue, telling him
you want to learn?
8.
The two ofyou travel for a long time. You love your dad, but
whenever the two of you try to settle down, you get into
fights. Your only education comes from books and music. You
turn 16 and decide you can make your own decisions now. Do
you…
Stay with your dad? OR
Go join the merchant
marines?
9.
But all yourarguments are futile. There’s no time for you to
get an education, especially since you argue with everyone at
school. The two of you travel for a long time. You love your
dad, but whenever the two of you try to settle down, you get
into fights, as your dad pointed out. Your only education
comes from books and music. You turn 16 and decide you can
make your own decisions now. Do you…
Stay with your dad? OR Go join the merchant
marines?
10.
Soon, you andyour dad run out of money. You need funds to
carry out plans to build a hunting lodge in Alaska, so your dad
convinces you to join the Merchant Marines despite your
earlier choice. You go and, after finishing there, join the army.
After being discharged, you decide to join your dad in Alaska
to build a hunting lodge. Do you…
Get a car? OR A motorcycle?
11.
You go and,after finishing there, join the army. After being
discharged, you decide to join your dad in Alaska to build a
hunting lodge. Do you…
Get a car? OR A motorcycle?
12.
You try toget a car, but can’t find one for what you think is a
reasonable price. You always liked speed more anyway, so
you get a motorcycle. Unfortunately, as you’re driving one
night, the weather is terrible. The motorcycle skids and you
get crippled in the fall. After staying in the hospital for six
months and a friend for another six, you finally join your
dad. You build your hunting lodge and wait.
Continue
13.
You always likedspeed more than safety, so you get a
motorcycle. Unfortunately, as you’re driving one night, the
weather is terrible. The motorcycle skids and you get
crippled in the fall. After staying in the hospital for six
months and a friend for another six, you finally join your
dad. You build your hunting lodge and wait.
Continue
14.
Despite all yourefforts, the lodge gets no business. You are
low on money and your food has almost run out. Your dad
blames you, and you shoulder his abuse for a while. Finally,
both of you have had enough. You argue and he grabs a gun
to try and shoot you. When he realizes the gun is empty, he
cries. You leave to go for a walk and get some space. When
you return, all of your possessions are on the ground and the
doors are locked. Do you…
Leave? OR Try to get back in the
lodge?
15.
You take withyou only your guitar and your anger. You spend
some time in prison, date but don’t marry, and get by mainly
on stealing. One day, you get news from two people- one is
your best friend Willie-Jay. He’s being released from prison
and wants to see you. The other is a letter from a former
prisoner named Dick. He needs your help with a great
‘score’, but he won’t tell you much until he sees you. Do
you…
Go to Willie-
Jay?
OR Go to Dick?
16.
But after afew hours, you realize that it’s futile. You grab
your guitar off the ground and leave. You spend some time in
prison, date but don’t marry, and get by mainly on stealing.
One day, you get news from two people- one is your best
friend Willie-Jay. He’s being released from prison and wants
to see you. The other is a letter from a former prisoner
named Dick. He needs your help with a great ‘score’, but he
won’t tell you much until he sees you. Do you…
Go to Willie-
Jay?
OR Go to Dick?
17.
And you misshim by a few hours. Resigned, you go to Dick
instead and he convinces you to join him for a while. The two
of you plan this ‘score’ and the big night finally arrives. You
get there, but there is no safe like Dick promised there would
be. There is no money to be found at all. Do you…
Leave? OR Stay and search the
house?
18.
Dick explains theentire plan to you. You think you can get
$5,000 out of his plan so you join him for a while. The two of
you plan this ‘score’ and the big night finally arrives. You get
there, but there is no safe like Dick promised there would be.
There is no money to be found at all. Do you…
Leave? OR Stay and search the
house?
19.
You sit bythe car, your head pounding. Suddenly, you see a
silhouette of a girl upstairs. Knowing how Dick gets about
girls, you decide you are more concerned for her than you
are for yourself. Besides, you have an undeniable urge to
prove that you are just as manly as Dick. Reluctantly, you
trudge back into the house. There, you find that Dick is
herding the Clutters into the bathroom so he can search the
house. You grab a chair for Mrs. Clutter, knowing that she has
trouble standing. Dick stands to guard the family while you
hunt for money. After an all-but-futile search, you return.
Dick tells you to tie everybody up. Do you do it?
Yes OR No
20.
You and Dickgo continue into the house where you run into
Mr. Clutter. He heard you and woke up. Dick demands
money, but when he finally realizes there is none, he herds
the Clutters into the bathroom so he can search the house.
You grab a chair for Mrs. Clutter, knowing that she has
trouble standing. Dick stands to guard the family while you
hunt for money. After an all-but-futile search, you return.
Dick tells you to tie everybody up. Do you do it?
Yes OR No
21.
You tie upMr. Clutter and Kenyon first, giving Mr. Clutter a
box to lie on and Kenyon a pillow. You can’t help but feel bad
for them. You go back upstairs and tie up the women. While
Dick searches the house, you talk to Nancy. Finally, you and
Dick go back to the basement where Dick tells you to cut Mr.
Clutter’s throat. You kneel, never intending to do so, but
anger overtakes you. Without realizing you’ve done so, you
cut his throat. When your senses finally return, you realize,
horror dawning on you, that no matter how much you tried
to stop this, you couldn’t. It was never in your control.
The End
22.
Or at least,you try to leave. There’s a force you can’t control
that seems to be holding you there. You tie up Mr. Clutter
and Kenyon first, giving Mr. Clutter a box to lie on and
Kenyon a pillow. You can’t help but feel bad for them. You go
back upstairs and tie up the women. While Dick searches the
house, you talk to Nancy. Finally, you and Dick go back to the
basement where Dick tells you to cut Mr. Clutter’s throat.
You kneel, never intending to do so, but anger overtakes you.
Without realizing you’ve done so, you cut his throat. When
your senses finally return, you realize, horror dawning on
you, that no matter how much you tried to stop this, you
couldn’t. It was never in your control.
The End
23.
You are ayoung boy growing up in an average home in
Kansas. Though you aren’t from one of the richest families
around, your parents always make ends meet. You’re one of
the best students at your school and you know it. You’re also
a star athlete with a pretty, popular girlfriend. Life is good,
though you do argue with your parents sometimes. High
school ends and you desperately want to go to college, but
unfortunately, your family just doesn’t have enough money.
You get a job as a mechanic while dating a girl you love-
more than just a high school love this time. Do you…
Save money for
college?
Or
Save to marry
the girl you love?
24.
It’s certainly noteasy, but little by little your savings grow.
You continue dating the same girl, though you are both
hesitant about what will happen when you go to college.
Still, you know that it’s what you want to do, so when you
have enough money, you apply. Luckily, you get in at a
nearby college. You keep your job but cut back on hours.
Four busy years later, you have steady work as a mechanic
but you also know that your college graduation has opened
new doors for you. Do you…
Keep your job
and try to grow
the business?
Or
Take a risk and
get a new job
with more room
for growth?
25.
You put awayyour dreams for college, unwilling to take that
risk. You dedicate yourself to your girlfriend and soon have
enough money. You buy a ring, pop the question, and before
you know it the two of you are in a church. The two of you
have three kids, but you notice your money is getting thin. Of
course, your situation isn’t helped by the fact that you’ve
started seeing another woman. Do you…
Keep seeing her?
Or
Break up with
her and focus on
your family?
26.
Your wife findsout. The two of you go through a painful
divorce, but at the end you marry your mistress. Of course,
this marriage doesn’t last either, leaving you broke and
alone. You have no job, having lost it during the second
divorce, and now, no home. Do you…
Go stay with
your parents?
Or
Live in your car
and steal what
you need?
27.
You stay withthem while you get back on your feet. You
finally get a job as a chef at a local inn. You get to stay in the
hotel for free and get a meager salary. You work there, date a
little bit (though you never remarry) and retire when you’re
old enough. Luckily, the owner lets you live there for free for
all your faithful service. It’s not much, but it’s all you have.
You survived at least. It wasn’t an
amazing life, but you had some
good times, some nice vacations.
You did what you could.
28.
Your wife seemsto suspect you had a secret when the
money in the bank begins growing a bit quicker, but
eventually she dismisses that notion. Of course, it’s not
enough money for you to send any of your three kids to
college, and they all desperately want to go. Do you…
Get a side job?
Or
Steal money?
29.
It makes fairenough money. You get your kids through
college, stay for another year to get money back in the bank,
then quit. You keep working as a mechanic until you damage
a hand in an accident. Old enough, you retire and live out
the rest of your days with your wife in relative peace.
You did pretty well! Not
quite the dream you wanted,
but you’re happy.
30.
You pass badchecks and steal from stores. Eventually, you
get arrested. In jail, you hear of a rich family and devise a
plan to kill them. You finally get out of jail. Do you…
Go through with
it?
Or
Try to make an
honest living?
31.
You manage tomake an honest living. You work a few
different jobs, but you always make enough money to
support yourself. You see your kids a few more times, but
other then that, you have no real family. You love your
parents and are too ashamed to face them. You live
everywhere and nowhere, unable to call anywhere home.
You finally settle in Vegas.
It wasn’t a happy life.
You got through on
your own morals and
nothing more.
32.
No hesitation. Yourecruited your old friend Perry, planned it
out, and murdered. You get caught and are hung. You die
regretting nothing.
No hope. The end.
33.
It’s a goodjob in a small company. Your salary gives you
steady money and you can take paid time off, which you
could never do as a mechanic. You get promotions
infrequently, but you do get small bonuses every year which
gives you extra money in your budget. You also have to travel
for your job, so you don’t see your family as much. Still,
things are going well. You send your second kid to college
before disaster strikes. Your company has been bought and
you have been let go. There are no other businesses close
enough for you to get another office job. Do you…
Get a farm?
Or
Start your own
business?
34.
It’s not themost profitable in the area for sure, but it keeps
you and your wife afloat. Your third kid, though you help pay
for college, has to wait a year and get a job to pay off some
of the college debt. They go, but hold a grudge against you
for years. Your farm continues, some years good, some bad.
You don’t get many breaks, but you and your wife are happy
and you kids visit every now and again. It’s not too bad of a
life, though you do regret not having enough money for your
third kid sometimes. Overall, your life is good.
You did pretty well! Not
quite the dream you wanted,
but you’re happy.
35.
Business booms! Yourcompany focuses on new technology.
After sending your first kid to college, you open a few new
offices in other states; though it requires you work more,
you also bring in more money. Two more kids go to college,
so you move into a smaller house in a bigger state.
Eventually, in 1986, you sell your business for a few millions
to some company called Dell. You live out the rest of your
days happily with your wife, reminiscing over the hard days
behind you and the happy days ahead.
You have reached the
American Dream!
36.
Soon, you manageto become the owner and manager of
your own shop. Money is pretty steady and your marriage is
going well; in fact, you have three kids. They grow up to be
smart and athletic, each good at his own sport and activity.
Of course, they want to go to college, but to do that, you’d
either need to build your business a bit more or sell your
shop and get a farm. You know you can make money off a
farm if it’s successful, but you’ve never been much good at
farming. Do you…
Hire an
employee and
expand your
store?
Or
Go for a farm?
37.
After all, you’vebuilt this store from the ground up. You can’t
bring yourself to sell it. You find a trustworthy employee and
your business grows a fair amount. Your first kid goes off to
college, and you notice a bit more money in your bank after
they leave since you no longer have to fully support them. A
couple years later, the second kid and gone and the third
follows before you know it. You have built yourself a life and
a business from next to nothing; you and your wife are
happy together. Everything in your life is exactly as you have
always wanted it to be, and you take great pride in knowing
you did all the work yourself.
You have reached the
American Dream!
38.
You are avery successful man with a wonderful wife and
charming children. You hear about a murder down in Kansas of
a small family who were also successful and wonder if that
could have ever been you doing the murdering. Of course, you
dismiss the notion swiftly. After all, how could anybody who
made decisions like yours ever end up in such a bad place? You
just thank God that you used free will to end up with such a
loving wife and successful life and go to bed.
end
39.
It was agood life. Nothing more, nothing
less. You’re pleased enough.
end
40.
You go totrial for the murders after trying
to flee for a few years. You are sentenced
to death and die believing you couldn’t
have done anything differently with your
life. Fate has come to you at last.
end
41.
You know youcould have amounted to something.
It’s all you could focus on in jail. If only you had done
something differently, you might have done
something with your life. It’s too late now though.
end