I thought that Chris made the opposite decision that he should have made. He was completely oblivious to the rational side of life when he was able to give his mother another chance very easily, but completely shut out his father. I think that this is unfair and unjust, because Chris' father was not the one at fault for everything unraveling. It was actually his mother's fault. Unfortunately, Christopher was unable to reason with evidence from the past; seeing only that his father lied to him and killed the dog, Wellington. This is very interesting--Chris is terrified by change, and he is terrified by other people, yet he for some reason wants to live with his mother. For this to be the case, Christopher must rely on trust very much in order to function normally. Clearly, without trust, Chris would "feel sick", as he describes so often in his book. Though it was poorly thought out and very rashly decided, I believe that Chris made the right decision in forgiving his mother, and eventually trying to forgive his father.
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