The Road Less Traveled Analysis

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Register to read the introduction… This book describes the laws and ways of life. It questions people upon the idea of their own lives and helps them examine their backgrounds in life. These are the conclusions of the Scott M. Peck and his beliefs on certain issues. The title of the book, The Road Less Traveled, is significant to the ideas within this book because we as humans are scared of certain aspects in life and are afraid of a certain path of

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