The choices you make in life can either lead you to great opportunities or leave you with deep regrets. It’s up to you to decide where you want to go, and how you are going to get there. A choice is the act of making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. The possibilities may surpass your limits and get you far in life, or cause you to feel regretful and ashamed. In “Viva La Vida” and “The Road Not Taken” each author uses choices to portray similarities to “Peace Like A River” and how bad choices can affect you.
Life gives you an abundant amount of choices, but when you make the wrong decision you can be left which far too much regret. Davy had brought Sara to his family to keep her safe and then was preparing to continue back …show more content…
The book uses the illustrations of bad choices and mistakes in life to demonstrate how the choices you make can determine your future. Reuben and Davy had recently connected and Davy was terrified that Reuben would spill to his family that he was near. In “Peace Like A River” Davy states, “Don’t tell Dad-And especially don’t tell Swede. Goodness sakes Reuben!” (Page 212). Davy was stuck between choosing to set himself free from running and hiding or to keep himself locked away and hidden. He chose to keep running from his mistakes instead of taking the path everyone else would take by turning himself in. In Leif Enger’s book Davy takes the path that not everyone takes, as well as In “The Road Not Taken,” he takes the road less traveled by. In “The Road Not Taken” the metaphor illustrates two challenging choices you have to decide between. The example metaphor is, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the road less traveled on and that has made all the difference,” (Stanza 4). Davy had two paths he could have taken. He took the road that was less traveled on, but in this case it was a bad choice. He could have turned himself in, but he was too scared to take the correct path. Overall it's up to humankind to decide right from wrong and be careful with the choices we make and the effects they can have on
Life gives you an abundant amount of choices, but when you make the wrong decision you can be left which far too much regret. Davy had brought Sara to his family to keep her safe and then was preparing to continue back …show more content…
The book uses the illustrations of bad choices and mistakes in life to demonstrate how the choices you make can determine your future. Reuben and Davy had recently connected and Davy was terrified that Reuben would spill to his family that he was near. In “Peace Like A River” Davy states, “Don’t tell Dad-And especially don’t tell Swede. Goodness sakes Reuben!” (Page 212). Davy was stuck between choosing to set himself free from running and hiding or to keep himself locked away and hidden. He chose to keep running from his mistakes instead of taking the path everyone else would take by turning himself in. In Leif Enger’s book Davy takes the path that not everyone takes, as well as In “The Road Not Taken,” he takes the road less traveled by. In “The Road Not Taken” the metaphor illustrates two challenging choices you have to decide between. The example metaphor is, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the road less traveled on and that has made all the difference,” (Stanza 4). Davy had two paths he could have taken. He took the road that was less traveled on, but in this case it was a bad choice. He could have turned himself in, but he was too scared to take the correct path. Overall it's up to humankind to decide right from wrong and be careful with the choices we make and the effects they can have on