The nature of journeys covers a wide area of aspects such as journeys being able to start small and grow and develop bigger, being confrontational with various complications and being able to make decisions, whether they be right or wrong. Through an assortment of techniques, these proposals are explored in the novel I am Malala authored by Malala Yousafzai and the poem The Road Not Taken written by Robert Frost. In I am Malala, we explore how Malala starts off as an insignificant individual, then slowly going on her journey debating with difficulties along the way.
The nature of journeys can start from the smallest and most unlikely of those, but their stories can flourish into the worldwide phenomenon which may inspire millions around the world. This is shown in I am Malala, where Malala’s adventure begins from the very moment she was born into a patriarchal society and thus was destined to a life of insignificance. Her irrelevance is seen in the inequality between genders as shown in the dialogue “As in most families, the girls …show more content…
In the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, the narrator is recounting a story of the past where they were in a position in which it was vital for them to make the right decision. This is recognised in the metaphor “Two roads diverged”, to represent the idea of making the correct decision which would impact on the future. As the poem progresses the narrator is feeling remorse and dissatisfaction for what he had chosen to do in the past as seen in the symbolism of ‘sigh’ in “I shall be telling this with a sigh” which conveys the sadness of not pursuing the right choice. Regretfulness is also seen in I am Malala, through the tone of “My only regret was that I hadn't had a chance to speak to them before they shot me”, spawning an understanding in which she feels sorrow for what she had chosen to
The nature of journeys can start from the smallest and most unlikely of those, but their stories can flourish into the worldwide phenomenon which may inspire millions around the world. This is shown in I am Malala, where Malala’s adventure begins from the very moment she was born into a patriarchal society and thus was destined to a life of insignificance. Her irrelevance is seen in the inequality between genders as shown in the dialogue “As in most families, the girls …show more content…
In the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, the narrator is recounting a story of the past where they were in a position in which it was vital for them to make the right decision. This is recognised in the metaphor “Two roads diverged”, to represent the idea of making the correct decision which would impact on the future. As the poem progresses the narrator is feeling remorse and dissatisfaction for what he had chosen to do in the past as seen in the symbolism of ‘sigh’ in “I shall be telling this with a sigh” which conveys the sadness of not pursuing the right choice. Regretfulness is also seen in I am Malala, through the tone of “My only regret was that I hadn't had a chance to speak to them before they shot me”, spawning an understanding in which she feels sorrow for what she had chosen to