Taken

The theme in, “The Road Not Taken,” is about making life choices and individualism (Napierkowski and Ruby). We can prove this theme by citing from the poem, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” This basically means, that you had to choose between two different things, and you ended up choosing one. “And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth.” This talks more about dreams, hopes, and plans (Napierkowski and Ruby). So, “The Road Not Taken,” as a whole, is a very…

Farley each wrote a poem with two different scenarios that conveyed similar messages. In “The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost and “The Lover Not Taken,” By Blanche Farley both poems use a similar tone when describing the journey that each of the speakers came across when they approached a fork in the road and had to make the uneasy decision of taking the road less traveled by. In “The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost, The speaker is traveling in the woods when “two roads diverged in a yellow…

“House Taken Over” by Julio Cortázar is about two middle aged siblings living in their ancestral house together and describes their daily routines during the tragic time when everything was magically taken away from them, including their house by an some entity that represents fear. The story presents the loneliness, love, and the fear that takes place in both Irene and her brother that contributes to the overall depiction of the story. Irene and her brother are presented as very secluded…

The culture is taken for granted because that is how the culture was learned. People think that they have to do what they were taught and when they see another person doing something differently they think that is wrong and judge them. All those persons are left outside their groups and feel different. The culture is also symbolic, the significance of culture lies in the meaning it holds for people. People have different thing that are symbolic to their culture. For example their national anthem…

As we grow older you run into many decisions that affect the outcome of your life. Sometimes you get stuck choosing between your friends and your future. The poem, "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost, tells the reader about how there are two "roads" to go down, the way everyone else is going, or going the opposite way to help better you. In my life I have made many choices that have affected me. Many of my choices are based upon my future rather than friends, because honestly you never know…

guilty conscience. Julio Cortazar an Argentinian novelist famous for his ability to merge realism with imagination does a great job in bringing out a very important topic about human psychological behavior caused due to their consciences in “House Taken Over”. In this short story, it is seen that the protagonist and his sister Irene are suffering from a guilty conscience which is forcing them…

Commentary Outline - The Road Not Taken Introduction: The poem, The Road Not Taken, written by Robert Frost centers around the speaker who is Frost himself. It is an autobiographical poem that centers around a young man who is deciding his path in life and for his future, yet is indecisive as to which path to take. The speaker develops the theme of identity through decisions in life and conveys the message that the decisions chosen affect one’s future path and identity in life. Within this…

Exploring Frankenstein “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” This quote from Robert Frost’s, “The Road Not Taken,” involuntarily reveals the curiosity that is covertly sewn into the minds of men. Curiosity leads to exploration, and exploration prompts development; without exploration, one does not grow. Exploring is a characteristic of human nature. But, what if the explorer is not human? Mary Shelley’s eighteenth century novel, Frankenstein, shares the…

All the moves taken were well planned even with the clause in an agreement that required the automobile companies not to buy any street car or engine that was not propelled with gasoline. (p 20). To further show the selfishness of the companies, they decide to change…

history of the environment, particularly since World War II. Hurricane Katrina is a primary example of an environmental event that depicts the connection between change and racialization established in environmental history. The documentary “Mine: Taken by Katrina” is more than a story of tales debriefing the separation of pets and their owners, it further serves as an example of the ways government policies, business practices, and citizen activism have shaped the environment and sustained…