Rational choice theory

“Two Hours on the Train”, written by Abdellatif Laâbi, is a free verse poem that follows the journey of the narrator and his companion. The two are riding a train, while the narrator ponders his past. While I may not know for sure what the narrator is thinking, why the poet chose to write in free verse, or where the train is headed, however, I can certainly make deductions based on the evidence that I do have. The answers to the following questions are a result of reading, interpreting, and…

picks up on these unhealthy choices when she states: “A little? You call reeling and passing out in the car a little?” But there are more, less obvious reasons of why the Socs are unhealthy. Pony explained this reason to Cherry by saying “Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not let their real selves show through.” But why would this be an example of an unhealthy…

Bridging Text and Context: 1. Read the following quote by Robert Frost. ''You will never be brave if you do not get hurt. You will never learn if you do not make mistakes. You will never be successful if you do not encounter failure.'' 2. How did the quote help you to better understand the poem? Guiding Process and Questions: What is the quote about? Who is the speaker and/or who is he/she speaking to? The quote is about the crucial and positive part of obstacles in our lives. The speaker…

In the poem and story “The Road Not Taken” and “Thank You, Ma’am” They both share the theme of taking the higher road and see the good in everyone. They both show this because they both talk about how they will remember this for a long time and that they took the road that was less taken. During the poem“The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost he is talking about he took the road that is less traveled not literally but to symbolize something. He said the one road was worn out and used a lot and…

There comes a point in life where we are bound to take crucial decisions in order to move forward. Some choices would prove to be exactly what we were hoping for and others will make us wonder what would have happened if we had taken the other available path. Robert Frost presents this enigma on his poem ‘The Road Not Taken’. He most chose between two paths and he is conflicted about not being able to “travel both.” He looks at one road until it disappears from his sight, yet he decides to…

The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost contains four stanzas of five lines. Each stanza has a rhyme scheme of ABAAB. The poem begins by saying the problem and setting that a traveler comes to a fork in the road during the fall. Frost shows the reader that the season is fall by the color of the trees’ leaves, “yellow wood.” In the first two stanzas, Frost takes the role of the traveler and begins to explain both paths. One path being full of nature and beautiful while the other looking…

Decisions for a person like me, who thinks way too much about way too many things are absolute HELL!!! They also take FOREVER! You go from thinking about the options, to the consequences the, “am I going to regret this later?” sort of thing. Like I can totally see myself ten years from now, sitting in front of a table covered in bridal magazines, cake and fabric samples. Trying to choose between chocolate, or red velvet, or vanilla cake, and trying to choose between Chiffon or Taffeta. while…

Choices are made daily, some have an insignificant impact on anyone or their lives, for example, if someone chooses to put their left sock on today first even though they had their right sock in hand, the world probably will not be affected too much. However some choices in the world have a large impact, everyone learns this as they mature and reach adulthood. These choices can be choosing to say the right or wrong thing at a certain time, possibly hurting a career or relationship. To elaborate…

life changing. By the end, we see the tone shift to being adventurous when the speaker abruptly “..took the fast way home / .. and phoned the blond” (21-20) risking everything for lust, again, conveying to the reader to live their best life with the choices they want to make, before life passes them by and they are left behind with a life of…

In the article “Logical Choice” Gary Belsky writes about decisions and how hard they can be no matter what the circumstance is. He wrote this article to show people that it is not easy making a decisions without feeling a little guilt about the choice they made. Belsky gives a few real common life examples of choices people have to make and some they make in their daily life. A few years ago I lived with my mom and was going through some tough situations while I was there. We had financial,…