Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken

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Carrying a science fiction book in his hand, Corbin Alicandro walks down the halls of Palo Verde High School, optimistic about what the future has in store for him.
Although he said he’s just a typical teenage boy, one can observe, he’s anything but.
He’s more of an outgoing student who enjoys making people laugh and making the atmosphere around him comfortable, so anyone can be themselves around him.
Alicandro’s level of confidence reaches the steepest mountain top and flows into every valley, or person he meets, because that’s just the type of kind hearted person he is.
He is the epitome of the very person, Robert Frost alludes to in, “The Road Not Taken.”
Alicandro not only takes the road less traveled, but he chooses to make his own

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