Analysis Of The Lost Salt Gift Of Blood By Alistair Macleod

The author of “The Lost Salt Gift of Blood”, Alistair Macleod, has presented whoever the reader is with a wonderful, vivid image of Newfoundland. The story shows how much effort the author put into the imagery in order to give the reader a great painting in the mind. Saying that “even far out, somewhere beyond Cape Spear lies Dublin and the Irish coast; far away but still the nearest land, and closer now than is Toronto or Detroit” (Macleod) helps us understand that John (the son) would not like to live in the city. When Alistair compliments the harbor, saying that it’s “like a tiny, peaceful womb nurturing the life that now lies within it” (Macleod), he expresses the fact that Newfoundland is the boy’s motherland. He gives a wonderful and pleasing image to the mind when he mentions that “brightly colored houses dot the wet and glistening rocks” (Macleod). It helps the …show more content…
“The Road Not Taken” talks about two choices that an individual has about something and choosing the hard one is more fruitful. In the story there had been two times he could have made choices. The first time was when he went to Newfoundland eleven years ago. He was not very responsible with his actions when he had impregnated Jenny. However, Robert Frost chooses the harder route and is, thus, more successful. That is a big reason as to what made him happier. On the other hand, the second time he came back to Newfoundland after eleven years, He decided to man-up and be responsible and let John live with his grandparents because it is his nature now. It would have been extremely hard on the buy to just move to a city or anywhere different than his dear Newfoundland. To just tell the boy to up-root and move would be most insensitive. Alike Robert Frost, the narrator of the story makes the harder decision. At the end, he did what is best for his son, making him