When comparing the speaker in the road not taken to Jonas in the Giver both believe that in the case of choosing the other path then it would have made all the difference in the future. When Jonas makes the choice of leaving the community he is doubtful. Likewise, the narrator has feeling of uncertainty because of the other possibilities that the other path can grant because you can only predict so much. On his journey Jonas has points of regret and yet he chooses to continue be what he choose is believed to be the right thing. In regard with the beliefs of the speaker he thinks that because he made the decisions he might not be able to go back because his decision doesn’t allow him to. To sum it all up, because both characters are doubtful
