Willa Cather's Explanation

Willa Cather once said, “The end is nothing; the road is all.”. This quote means that the end of a journey is not as important as the journey itself. While it may seem that it is talking about traveling on road, the quote itself is metaphoric in that the road and a journey are being compared. Some may argue that this isn’t true, but I agree with the quote. I think Willa Cather’s quote is genuine and meaningful because of my own life experiences. Willa Cather’s quote means the journey is more important than the destination. This is my interpretation because, firstly, the quote itself is a metaphor. The quote is comparing the “road” to any journey. When Willa said “road’ she really meant “journey”. Moreover, the quote is straightforward with its meaning. Anyone can read it and interpret it correctly. No other valid interpretations exist. One could argue that because of the length of the quote, Willa contradicted herself for the reason that as she states that the journey is more important than the destination, Willa’s quote is very short, indicating that the message, or “end” of the quote is of greatest importance, and length, or the “road” isn’t relevant. This is invalid because the way the author chooses to write has no …show more content…
My accordance is a result of the fact that the end of a journey is one event, while the journey itself is comprised of more events. While a greater quantity does not always equal greater value, it does in this case. The events leading up to something are always more important. Moreover, the quote is true because in a journey you learn a lot more than you do from the end. A journey is a collection of lessons and events, an end is just one event. There’s more information in a journey. Finally, a journey is more important than a destination for the reason that the end may not be as significant as one might think. Again, the end is only one event. When you live life you live a journey, not a