He uses descriptive word to describe the physical surroundings “grassy and wanted ware” and talks about knowing how “way leads onto way” “I doubted I would ever come back” makes the poem important because it indicates that whatever decision he makes would symbolise his life journey. As he has never come to the path before, he knows he can’t change his decision it once he has chosen which path to travel. Life points in one direction. The ‘sigh’ intimates that looking inward, when he reflects upon his life, he will remember the choice he made and although he states he would ‘say’ he took the road less travelled, it is apparent after reading “Though as for that, the passing there, Had worn them really about the same” that both paths had been travelled equally, not one less than the other. The poem tells us that we are free to choose our path, but we do not know beforehand which path we are taking until we have travelled it.
The essay “Why Soldiers Won’t Talk,” is marked by a clear narrative description of what war is truly like and gives the reader a strong sense of perspective. In the essay, “Ambush,” O’Brien recounts the story in first person, almost in a historical method of storytelling by using the word “I”. Part of the reason for this difference is this essay’s audience, O’Brien’s daughter Kathleen. Also, “Ambush” very much differs from “Why Soldiers Won’t Talk.” O’Brien does not describe the harsh living conditions the soldiers are living in and tries to be clinical about it. The refrains of “Ambush,” such as “he was a short, slender man of about twenty,” are constantly adding to the idea of the storytelling, unlike “Why Soldiers Won’t Talk,” which seems
What went well? 2. What would you do differently in the future? 3. Were there any barriers or challenges that inhibited your ability to complete the assessment tool?
It is interesting to observe the author’s note at the beginning of this publication of his essay; Clark informs the reader that this writing was first published twenty years earlier, and how disappointed he was to realize that the article is just as relevant at the present time as it was then. He presents several additional examples of using writing as punishment, and the “grotesque consequences” (Clark, 2009, p. 4) of such measures, including the Harry Potter movie in which Harry is forced to write the sentence “I will not lie” over and over with a magic pen that would leave bloody marks on his hand with each letter that he wrote, scars that would never heal (Clark, 2009, p. 4). The author begins his essay with a story of two fifth grade girls, researching materials in a school library to use to write a term paper. As the principle
Chris buys a car and departs to the West, eventually hoping to make a trip to Alaska. He tries modeling himself after Tolstoy and Jack London. Chris looks to be one with nature, yet neglects to see its danger. Naively, Chris seeks nature as a place of belonging and a site of adventure. Just as Chris is trying to overcome the dangers of nature, he is overcoming the doubts that he has within himself, which include his fears of developing close and personal relationships and his fear of being judged.
In contrast, Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle in 2008 is a film which displays the Journey of two brothers and their separate paths. Even though the texts are in different formats, they all uphold the universal concept that determination is necessary to conquer complications in a journey. A powerful human spirit is required to reconcile and accept decisions made in journeys. In The Road Not Taken, one of the key ideas explored is simply the journey of an individual walking through the woods contemplating which path to take. The symbolism displayed though the path motif reflects the difficult choice in the journey.
Possible it was so he could find himself. Maybe the only way he could really know who he was, was to remove him self from all that he has known and give himself to the hands of nature. Everyone is tied to nature in one way or another, however sometimes the connection is so strong that they get lost in it. For example, Chris’ leaving into the wild becomes something in nature that is exaggerated or to strong. In doing this he and the others in this world who do this hope that eventually will discover themselves.
This is not the case in Into the Wild. Protagonist Inman sets off on a journey to “find himself.” Now, this type of goal is illusive, meaning that there is no set place or time, in which to complete the goal and is sometimes difficult to know when it has been reached. The only person who is able to tell that the goal has been completed is the person who set off to fulfill it in the first place. The indication that the goal has been reached can be a number of things such as the persons feelings, a sense of accomplishment, an enlightening, or intense bliss. After they have accomplished their goal they might be in another state of mind entirely and see the world in a whole new light.
The readers also have a choice to read the classic or not but, changing it should not be in question. Pitts argues that Twain was only trying to replicate the time by his use of the n-word. Also, a point well stressed is that our children are only being sheltered and protected and thus the cause of their poor ability to comprehend
A Critique of “NO Time to Read “ In his essay “No Time to Read” in book “perspectives on Contemporary issue”, David McCullough talks about reading for the understanding of the life, wisdom, adventure and pleasure. Mr. McCullough makes a wonderful essay about the ways that you can use it if you do not have time for reading. The author gives the ideas like to take a great author and start to read all the books that he or she wrote in the past or the latest one. The author talk about the most important thing in life now is the technology that makes everything easy. Now, the information can be accessed by one click.