Its Not the the Destination but the Journey That Matters

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Journeys are a movement to new places and entailing the persona to different experiences in the obstacles and opportunities that he/she encounters. Journeys are about learning new things; as these travellers experience new things it allows them to gain lots of knowledge of themselves and the world around them. This can be showed in many of Robert Frost’s text such as: “A Road Not Taken” and “The Wind and the Willows”. The quote ‘A Journey begins with taking the first step’ in “The Wind and the Willows”, is shown through the characters perspectives and comparisons in two different worlds; the river and the outside world. The toad which takes on physical journey and represents the positive type which eager’s to go on an journey/adventure, whereas the rat represents the negative type which wants to stay in one place and not wanted to go anywhere and change. There are some techniques used in this story eg, symbolism of the gipsy caravan. The toad which is the positive type is associated with taking the first step to being a journey. It is his positive attitude which makes up his personality eg, the quote: “camps. Villages, towns and cities! I am here today and off to somewhere else tomorrow!”. The use of the exclamation mark shows that his excitement highlights his eagerness with beginning an adventure. As for Ratty he is unwilling and dislikes taking the first step and just wants to stay in his river, the use of dialogue, “I am going to stick to my old river and live in a hole and my boat as I’ve always done”, shows that Ratty negative attitude towards change. Kenneth Grahame presents these ideas: the companionship and the preparation using a variety of techniques which include: anthropomorphism, humour, symbolism, third person narration, contrast, dialogue and lastly descriptive language. In the poem “The Road not taken” the person stands in the woods, “consider it

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