Road safety

The rain began to softly drip onto the girl’s unkempt black hair as she walked along the weather-beaten sidewalk. Only a few rays of sun pierced the gray sky. A few cars passed by on the road; an old rusted Ford truck, a white minivan, and a shiny car with a green “Sheriff” across its doors. All three cars pulled into the school parking lot. The girl stared at her feet as she shuffled through the doors of the town’s only high school. The school was made of brick walls, with cream colored doors…

In the short story ‘Clearing Paths through the Past’ and the poem “To be of Use” by Marge Piercy, both of the authors have a common theme. The passages talk about how good it feels to be hardworking and helpful to others around you. Both passages give examples of jobs and labors that people do to help others, and also the impact it's made on their life. In the short story ‘Clearing Paths for the Past’ the author gives us an example of a man doing things and taking responsibility for things he…

The road of trials is seen in The Stranger, Into the Wild, and “Richard Cory”. In “Richard Cory” the road of trials is seen when Richard walks through the street saying good-morning because he is facing people to see if he really wants to give up on society and die instead. Into the Wild depicts Christopher’s journey and his trials are said to be when he must hitchhike his whole way to Alaska. The Stranger has a literal road of trials when he is placed in jail and Meursault must go through…

Robert Frost wrote “The Road Not Taken” as a joke for a friend, the poet Edward Thomas. When they went walking together, Thomas was chronically indecisive about which road they ought to take and—in retrospect—often lamented that they should, in fact, have taken the other one. Soon after writing the poem in 1915, Frost griped to Thomas that he had read the poem to an audience of college students and that it had been “taken pretty seriously … despite doing my best to make it obvious by my manner…

published the iconic poem “The Road Not Taken” to the world. This poem is written in a first person perspective and it begins with a person explaining to the reader that they have come to a halt in the road. The road had forked into two separate roads, each going into two different directions. The person was unsure on which path they should choose, so they decided to figure out where they each went. According to the speaker, one of the roads had nicer grass and the road was less worn-down, so…

danger by Rhode Island’s poor road conditions. Rhode Island is one of the states with the worst road conditions. Forty-one percent of the state’s roads are damaged and has no maintenance. Rhode Island needs to invest more money into road repair to prevent future damage. The condition of the roads has gradually worsen throughout the state of Rhodes Island. “A new report released from the white house ranks RI as one of the worst states in the country when it comes to road conditions.”(Smart Growth…

The thought that first surfaces from Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" is that one has not made the correct choice by choosing a certain path, and the juxtaposition of good qualities between two roads. The poem creates an impossible decision between two seemingly similar roads that lead separate ways, leaving a traveler unknowing of where it will end up, and that one may perhaps be more favorable. The reality of the poem is that there is no right choice in which path is taken. The poem's…

Sunset park has an increasing diverse population. People speak different languages, have different ethnicity and races, class and wealth and genders. Sunset park includes free activities in their Recreation Center such as; (for all different races and age groups) Computer Recreation Center, Library, Dance Room, WorkOut Room. We can see many examples of urban diversity in Sunset Park. It is right across the elementary school PS.69. It is surrounded by Park Slope, Greenwood Heights and the…

The book, The Road by Cormac McCarthy displays a very powerful underlying message throughout the book. Love is something that we humans need in order to survive in this day an age anymore. Our world has become so destructed that we we need love in order to have hopes for the future and to keep us going in our everyday lives, without love there is no reason to look forward to the future such as the message in this book is showing us. After an apocalypse had struck, the man and they boy thought…

Ever since my first backpacking trip 6 years ago, I’ve had an affinity for the Appalachian Trail. I’m constantly looking for excuses to mash our lives into the giant, 50 liter bags, and hit the trail for a few days. This past year, in early fall, I convinced my parents to don their sturdy boots and disappear into the wilds of bear state park with me for three days. We were dropped off at the top of Bear Mountain and, while my parents argued over directions, I wandered around the windswept ridge.…