Stitching the Story
The average adult makes about 35,000 conscious decisions in a day. The majority are rather simple, but a handful of these will make a lasting impact in our life or in someone else's. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is a poem that articulates the concept of decision making. Because decision making is such a run-of-the-mill task, it can often be related to various pieces of literature. For example, the short story Everyday Use by Alice Walker, Mama, a rough and big boned woman, diverges from her normal route and makes a very valuable decision. “The Road Not Taken” applies to the short story Everyday Use because of its use of irony, the speaker in the poem and Mama are similarly misinterpreted, and creates a lasting impact in the characters’ lives. …show more content…
Many readers may believe the speaker of the poem travels a path that is far less traveled than the other. In truth, they are equally worn. Robert Frost writes, “the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black” (Frost). The speaker implies that in decades to come he may ironically be stretching the truth, telling his audience he took the more difficult path. He will be, “telling this with a sigh” (Frost) because in the back of his head he knows the truth that the paths were equally explored and he truly does not know which path had the “better
The average adult makes about 35,000 conscious decisions in a day. The majority are rather simple, but a handful of these will make a lasting impact in our life or in someone else's. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is a poem that articulates the concept of decision making. Because decision making is such a run-of-the-mill task, it can often be related to various pieces of literature. For example, the short story Everyday Use by Alice Walker, Mama, a rough and big boned woman, diverges from her normal route and makes a very valuable decision. “The Road Not Taken” applies to the short story Everyday Use because of its use of irony, the speaker in the poem and Mama are similarly misinterpreted, and creates a lasting impact in the characters’ lives. …show more content…
Many readers may believe the speaker of the poem travels a path that is far less traveled than the other. In truth, they are equally worn. Robert Frost writes, “the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black” (Frost). The speaker implies that in decades to come he may ironically be stretching the truth, telling his audience he took the more difficult path. He will be, “telling this with a sigh” (Frost) because in the back of his head he knows the truth that the paths were equally explored and he truly does not know which path had the “better