“A Worn Path”, and Harper Lee's book To Kill A Mockingbird are three southern gothic books that show southern gothic writing. In “A Worn Path”, “A Rose for Emily”, and To Kill A Mockingbird the authors use the element of horror to scare and surprise the reader. Without a doubt there are many ways to make someone think of what you want them to think of just by using words. Eudora Welty makes you think that someone is going to get killed and that the story will end sad. In “A Worn Path” the
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life. That he had to choose which path to follow and the one he took was “less traveled by”. The poem misleads you; in fact neither of the roads is less traveled by. II. Back up my theory a) “diverged in a yellow wood” – sets the location- yellow wood is only found in isolated locations across the south eastern U.S. -forest areas. b) “was grassy and wanted wear”- had not been stepped on or used. He speaks as if the woods needed someone to cross. c) “had worn them really about the same”- both
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ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by.” Frost, 1916. As the plot is built I am drawn to believe that perhaps this is a present situation and I imagine a person standing at the fork of these two paths quietly pondering while weighing the options of which way would be the better choice. The reason I get both a nostalgic and present situation feel is because the story is told in a first person point of view. The story starts off making me envision
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life by choosing one path over another. Life is made up of choices and determining what to choose is self-reliance. (Pramono)Everyone is faced with decisions that can affect your life, relationship and career. In this poem Frost depicts himself as the traveler and because as he chose one path inevitability he was able to see his future decisions such as his expectations, aspirations, appetites, hopes and desires(Meyers). The poem stated “choosing the less traveled path has affected his entire
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concerning his future and the path to take. In (line 1) you can see the symbolism of "yellow wood," which could be the early time of day or the early time of his life. In (line 4) he stands “And looked down one as far as I could.” The path is symbolic in that Frost realizes he cannot physically see the end of the path nor can he see the end of the path of his life. In (line 2) Forest says "And sorry I could not travel both" emphasizes the yearning for the two paths before him. This is symbolic
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It made me think of many crossroads I have come to throughout my life and what could have been if I had chosen a different path. Before I started reading it I wondered if Frost was writing about a specific path he had chosen or just life in general and the different paths one comes to in their life. Life is full of many decisions and the struggle to choose the correct path ,but a decision must always be made. I will now try to unfold the story and try to find out what Frost may have been trying
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Plantations Hazards The term plantation is widely used to describe large-scale units where industrial methods are applied to certain agricultural enterprises. These enterprises are found primarily in the tropical regions of Asia, Africa and Central and South America, but they are also found in certain subtropical areas where the climate and soil are suitable for the growth of tropical fruits and vegetation. Plantations are grown on a large scale because the crop is grown for commercial purposes
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Thesis: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is a controversial poem published in 1916 about making choices and decisions. There are always multiple paths/roads one can take in life some right, and some wrong. However, we as the travelers of notional “path of life” have to make decisions concerning where it leads us at the end. I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement B. The decision making process in human life, and it’s significance C. Narrators problems when facing tough choice in between
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to pick, the road not taken or the well-worn path. Will the paths meet in the middle or take me different ways? This poem was written in first person so I wonder if he was conflicted about something in his life. He states that it was written on one of his friends who took the wrong path. (Hollis, 2014) “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” This is meant to be two roads that start out as one and splits into different directions. We all start out on a path and we need to pick our roads and the directions
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undergrowth. (Lines 1-5) This, if taken literally, talks about a traveler that cannot choose between two paths in the woods. He has to take one but cannot choose. He is “sorry” that he cannot travel both which implies regret on his decision. He “takes the other, as just as fair” which states that he took the other path. This is a play on words because it could mean that he could view the other path as equal or it could be a fair choice. It states that both roads are equal which implies a good future
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