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    The Greatest Motive In the story “A Worn Path” an elderly African-American woman named Phoenix Jackson embarks on a hackneyed journey that may seem effortless for most people‚ but is truly the epitome of all physical and psychological elements of overcoming anything in life. Before the story even begins one can recognize many ideas the story will elaborate on. For example‚ “A Worn Path” not only refers to its literal meaning of a path that has been worn down from being traveled on‚ but it also

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    often interpreted differently depending on the reader. Frost shows duality through nature‚ relationships‚ and choices. In the poem “The Road Not Taken”‚ Frost mentions taking the road less traveled. The road less traveled is not mainstream like all the others. Taking this road will give a different story to tell. Going another way is unique and shows that there is more than one way to go. Possibly regretful of taking the road less traveled‚ Frost states “Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ / and

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    There are several different interpretations of A Worn Path‚ by Eudora Welty. Some believe that it is a story about life and death or about strength. While others believe it is about the love that a grandmother has for her grandchild. Although I am not completely opposed to the opinions of others‚ it is clearly a story that demonstrates a theme of racial inequality and the struggles African Americans had to endure to obtain freedom. The path itself is a symbol that makes it apparent that this

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    road not taken summary

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    The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost Extra Learning Opportunity-American Literature Caleb Eigsti Everything you do in life is a journey. Whether you decide to take a journey of good or not is completely up to each person. The most successful people take a road that is full of challenges and those that just want to get by in life choose the easy road and it will probably lead to nowhere. The easiest thing to do is sometimes take the easy way out of every situation you have in life.

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    it hinders them to get out of their comfort zone and helps them appreciate what they have‚ if a problem occurs while embarking on your voyage it will have to be resolved to make the mission you board on possible. The text analysed “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and the type of text is poetry. My second choice of text was “The Wizard of Oz” by Victor Fleming the text type is a movie. Some possible techniques analysed are rhyme‚ imagery‚ symbolism‚ long shot‚ up shot and a full shot. In

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    A Worn Path: Dementia

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    Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases. It affects memory‚ thinking‚ language‚ judgment‚ and behavior. This disease usually affects the old generation. As the human body ages‚ some aspects of life may not be as easy as they were before. In this paper‚ I will talk about the causes‚ symptoms‚ medications‚ diagnosis‚ complications‚ and preventions of Dementia. The causes of Dementia can be heightened. Most types of dementia are nonreversible. Nonreversible means the

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    Robert Frost’s in “The Path Not Taken” and Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path focus on one particular theme that is “Journey”. While the two writers have displayed a similar theme‚ it is a different point of view. Each of them have showed particular journey through which life can change. Out of many things in these two literatures there is one thing in common‚ i.e. no matter what journey a person takes there is a lot of hurdles and hardship standing in their way to demotivate them. Each of the literatures

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    Compare and Contrast The short story that was chosen is “A Worn Path” (Welty‚1941) and the Poem chose is “The Road Not Taken “(Frost). ) They both have the same theme‚ content‚ form and style. In this paper you will find that the story and the poem are alike and different in ways as for the symbolism‚ taking the path and facing obstacles along the way. Differences as in one an elderly lady dreams of her grandson‚ the other a man trying to decide what road he wants to take. Phoenix

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    Days in life of a High school Kid Scene 1: High school hallway Richard is standing down stage left. Suzie walks in standing upstage right then walks toward Richard she pulls a note out of her backpack and drops it on his binder. Suzie: Hey I see you all the time in this hallway what’s your name? Richard: My name is Richard. Suzie: Oh well‚ I’ve been meaning to give you this forever but here you go. Richard: Well‚ thanks for the note but I never got your name? Suzie: My name is Suzie nice to

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     "The Road Not Taken” Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” describes a traveler faced with a choice of which one of two roads to travel. He knows not where either road might lead. In order to continue on his journey‚ he can pick only one road. He scrutinizes both roads for the possibilities of where they may take him in his travels. Frost’s traveler realizes that regret is inevitable. Regardless

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