Silk Road

The Road Not Taken and the Road Less Traveled Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken,” written in 1916 and published in Mountain Interval in 1920, quickly became a popular part of the American literary tradition. Superficially, it appears to be a celebration of the creation of an individual destiny, without following the example of those who have come before. However, there is more to the poem than this simple interpretation. Examined more closely, it is obvious that the narrator feels much…

Every day as I leave my home heading to school or work, I pass the same dirty and hopeless faces. The traffic of the interstate exit seems to provide a population of people who contribute to the welfare of these desperate individuals. In that short five miles of travel, I pass homeless sleeping on benches, wondering the streets, and standing with cardboard signs asking for help and then blessing me for my spare change. I define my community as the area in which I live and the neighboring streets…

drivers and the hassle our drivers to endure on a daily basis. According to TRIP, a national transportation research organization, in 2014, 49 percent of our major roads and highways are in mediocre condition (Hernandez). In just two years, our city went from having 27 percent, an already significant number, to nearly half of our roads in mediocre condition - ridiculous (Schmitt)! It doesn’t make sense for such a colossal and prosperous city to have anything other than great roadways when the…

Being near railroad crossings and railroads in general can be a very dangerous thing to be around. However, as long as we practice the right safety measures and precautions we can go past them without injury. To start there are road signs that you should always follow while driving near railroad crossings. At most railroad crossings there are crossing gates, flashing lights, and loud bells if to make sure you know that a train is approaching. You should never go around them because a train will…

It was a hot summer afternoon. I had been working all day. Normally I would be with a crew of 4 to 5 people all the same as the day before, but today was different today i was working with a whole new crew of men I had never seen in my life. It was especially weird when the guy in a all black suit pulled up. He got out and said he was my new boss but when I had asked him what happened to the rest of the crew and my old boss he told me to be quiet and do the work I was assigned. It wasn’t till…

Fixing the potholes in our roads would be a great improvement to our community because it would improve the community roads, it would stop people from swerving to miss the holes, and it would stop the damage when cars go through the potholes. Smoothing out the roads might help to take away the potholes. Potholes are a big problem on our roads in our community. First and foremost, smoothing out roads to take away the potholes would look nice in our community. By doing this, people coming in…

It has been almost two weeks since we have seen Courthouse rock. A day spatter we passed Courthouse, we saw Chimney rock. This was a very unusual rocket hat we saw, but it was bad. We thought it looked funny. It looked like a huge trunk of a tree but without the limbs. Five days later we went to Fort Laramie….actually I think it was six. Everyone is mad because, a couple days ago, I accidentally wandered too far from the wagons. The train had to spend an entire day looking for me. I feel…

the purpose of this paper, I chose the short story “The Worn Path” by Eudora Welty and the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Out of all the literature covered in class, these two pieces were the two I not only enjoyed the most but found myself relating to the most as well. The theme for “The Worn Path” is one that I developed being a mother for over 20 years, and the theme for “The Road Not Taken” encompasses the many different choices I have made in my life that have led me to be on…

Sometimes you have to do bad things, to get something good out of it. Do you think that is right? In the book “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” by: Mildred D. Taylor, Papa had to make a life or death decision, which put him in danger. The life or death situation that Papa made was to start a fire so he could save T.J., Mr.Morrison, and his family. Papa started the fire by setting the cotton field on fire. I agree with Papa starting the fire because if he wouldn’t have started the fire the mob of…

Getting to Sam's Town by car is easy. Just head east on Flamingo Rd. When you get to Boulder Hwy., make a left. The next street is Nellis Blvd. Sam's Town is on the corner of Nellis Blvd and Boulder Hwy. If you don't have a car, there are two options: the bus and the shuttle. The bus you catch at the bus stop at Bally's. The 202 bus will take you all the way to Boulder Hwy, and then make a right on Boulder Hwy., stopping past Nellis Blvd. This is where you get off. All you have to do is use…