The Road

every single breath is precious. In an apocalyptic situation, wherein one’s survival is the priority, McCarthy reveals a repentant and ashamed tone towards the evil deeds humans are essentially forced to do for their own survival. In the novel The Road, author Cormac McCarthy utilized forthright diction and significant details to epitomize an apologetic tone when discussing the loss of innocence through one’s lifetime, proving that despite mankind being innately innocent, greed overpowers and…

The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is viewed to choose the path of their own desire. In the first line “Two roads diverged in a yellow road/And sorry I could not travel both” (line1-2) represents how in reality, many people would come to a decision to make a choice of which journey they would embark on. The choices they make would change their lives for the better, and represents how curiosity persuaded one to take both roads to experience different perspectives to gain more knowledge…

is the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. This poem might be a contradiction to many readers, but the whole point of this poem is to represent an archetypal dilemma based on life archetypes. The main big picture in this poem is that the speaker/hero is in the middle of the woods and he sees two diverging roads leading to different pathways. The speaker is confused to which road to choose, somehow, he chose one pathway and tells himself that he will choose the other road next time. The…

Through the poems If and The Road Not Taken, composed by Rudyard Kipling and Robert Frost respectively, both contemplate the future of one’s identity. Kipling utilises the title of his poem, personification and repetition of similar dialogue to “If you can dream -and not make dreams your master,” to look into the future of the described man. Kipling is describing characteristics of a man and basically saying, ‘if you do… you will be a man in the future.’ Similarly, Frost uses the metaphor to…

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In The Road, Cormac McCarthy shows how family and love can lead a person through their hard times. He reveals how family and love helps and inspires one to overcome obstacles that are unfamiliar to them. A boy who has dealt with the worst of the worst by losing his mother in a horrific way is left alone with his father. At a young age he is taught everything he needs to survive by only one parent. His father teaches him that there are others around still after a disaster that nearly erased the…

The Road by Cormac Mccarthy (2006) portrays the idea of a man and his son surviving in a post apocalyptic world. Through tough conditions, the man and his son create a bond that makes them depend on natural resources and each other to survive. The hard times bring many emotions that show how caring they are for each other. Cormac Mccarthy illustrate the boys compassion towards others through his characterization of speech and emotion. First, the author illustrates the compassion of the boy…

Brianna Rysavy 5/23/2016 Aggressive Driving/Road Rage Paper Aggressive driving has been a problem on our roadways for a while, and it seems to only be getting worse. Incidents of screaming, rude gestures, and sometimes even violence are reported frequently on the road and have come up with the name: road rage. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines road rage as when a driver "commits moving traffic offenses so as to endanger other persons or property; an assault with a motor…

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…

maintained roads are of vital importance and it is essential that these assets are well maintained as they provide routes for the majority of freight around the country, connect remote communities and provide access for tourists and residents. Low volume roads have various definitions with Austroads (2000) defining them as 1000 vpd however incrementally at 100, 200 and 400 vpd, the design standard changes. Other publications and authors such as ARRB and Brodie define low volume roads as less…