The Wrong Road

Recently, I had a chance to read “The Road Not Taken”, one of the most familiar and popular poems of Robert Frost. The poem was about two different directions, which indicate the paths in life. The narrator did not know what they will be, but he had to make a decision on one of them, and he regretted on another way. He took the road that less traveled by because he might be different than everyone else. Moreover, the poetry represented that every road has both misfortune and pleasant surprises.…

“What the hell is wrong with you,” has to be my favorite phrase while driving. Along with a select choice of curse words, I would prefer not to mention. Over the years I have noticed drivers becoming more and more aggressive, myself included. It could be said that road rage is caused by people with anger issues. Which is only a part of the problem. The truth is there are so many more factors to road rage. nearly every driver suffers from road rage, or have been on the receiving end. Once we…

less prosperous because of the Great Depression when unemployment was excessive. After World War II, automobile progressively gained its popularity once again. In 1950s to 1960s, the car ownership level doubled from 4.4m to 9.4m in Britain whilst the road network remained modest in size and scale (traffic in town 1963). Hence, the traffic has been doubled and led to a shift in public transport to private vehicles. The rise of automobile has brought about various impacts socially, economically…

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…

As the name implies, a wheel-off trucking accident occurs when a large truck loses one or more wheels while on the road. When a wheel separates from a semi-truck, it can strike a pedestrian, crash into the ground-floor room of a building through a window or glass door, or strike other motor vehicle traffic. Some of the worst accidents occur when a wheel crosses into the lane of oncoming traffic and collides head-on with a vehicle. Wheel-off accidents are usually caused by improper tightening of…

such as journeys being able to start small and grow and develop bigger, being confrontational with various complications and being able to make decisions, whether they be right or wrong. Through an assortment of techniques, these proposals are explored in the novel I am Malala authored by Malala Yousafzai and the poem The Road Not Taken written by Robert Frost. In I am Malala, we explore how Malala starts off as an insignificant individual, then slowly going on her journey debating with…

rules and morals we once had were destroyed along with the planet Earth. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, illustrates what its’ like for a young boy and his father surviving in a post-apocalyptic world without the presence of a woman. Throughout the novel with the use of allusions and vast imagery, women can be presented as ‘weak’ whereas it is the father and son who continue along this post-apocalyptic road. The way McCarthy presented women is very misogynistic. Throughout the journey, the father is…

including individuals in The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton; “On the Road,” by CBS; and “The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be,” by Nikki Giovanni. In the video, “On the Road,” by CBS, a group of football players wanted to show their appreciation for a disabled teammate. By doing this, they changed many people’s lives. For example, Keith Orr, the disabled teammate, had the time of his life scoring his first touchdown. “Awesome," (On the Road)! Keith was overjoyed when he scored. The community had…

In the book The Road by Cormac McCarthy a young boy and his father are struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. In the beginning of the book both Papa and the boy have strong moral values, but nearing the end Papa will do anything in order to escape danger and death. When one is trying to survive, the lines between good and evil become blurred, causing individual’s morals to shift when put in life threatening situations. In the beginning of the book, Papa was very set on being a…

different decisions. The person may have many choices and these choices may affect the rest of the journey and the outcome of the journey. The poem “The Road not Taken” the person is faced with two “roads” or two choices. The person decides to choose one road. The road that they chose affects the rest of the poem. The poem states, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. “ (Frost 1-2) The person has two choices and they can only pick one. They know that…