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    “The Road Not Taken” Analysis I think that in “The Road Not Taken”‚ Robert Frost uses the fork in the road to represent humanity’s choices. We will always have to choose in our life and we will always eventually meet a fork in the road. In this circumstance the author is stuck with two choices. “Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ / And perhaps having the better claim” (Frost 6-7). This path represents the “easy way out” because it was given the “better claim.” Then in stanza 4 he says‚ “I shall

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    well-known poem “The Road Not Taken” he writes about an experience that all humans go through at some point in their lives. The poet helps us to better understand this message by his use of tone and literary devices throughout the poem. “The Road Not Taken” is about a traveler who comes upon a fork in the road. There are two paths‚ and he has to decide which one he should take. However‚ when you read between the lines of this

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    comes with a theme and a lesson. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about making choices and how those choices will affect you. In the first stanza‚ Frost talks about how he had to chose between the two roads. He couldn’t take both. In the third stanza‚ he talked about how one choice may lead to another. Frost continues in the fourth stanza talking about how the choice he made impacted his life negatively. One reason I believe that “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about making choices

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    "The Road Not Taken" is a poem written by Robert Frost. In the poem‚ Frost uses numerous metaphors to tell the reader a story of the speakers’ hard decision to make a choice between two life-changing roads. Metaphors are littered all about this poem. The poem immediately starts with one‚ " Two roads diverged in a yellow wood(1)." This line tells the reader a few major ideas. First‚ that there is not a literal road that forks in two. Second‚ the speaker has‚ before this point‚ been on a single

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    United States should not ban The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This book is one of the most important components of American literature in our libraries today‚ it throws the reader into a time when slavery was lawful and accepted‚ and gives the reader a new perspective on slavery in general. Until civil rights groups can come up with a better argument than the word “nigger” creating a “hostile work environment”(Zwick) it should not be taken off the required reading list of any High School in the country

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    heard that...” In the novel‚ Huck Finn‚ one can legitimately prove that compassion‚ superstitious and gullibility illustrate Jim’s character perfectly. To begin with‚ among the many characteristics of Jim‚ his compassionate nature shows throughout the book. When Huck and Jim come across the floating boathouse‚ Jim finds a dead man inside. He advises Huck not to look as he says‚ “It’s a dead man... dead two er three days... come in Huck‚ but doan’ look at his face

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    Tanner Soom Quaid IB English 11 2 November 2012 Morality‚ “Frontier Justice” and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn In the 1830s-40s‚ when The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn takes place‚ the use of public opinion in the form of mobs to lynch suspected criminals was commonplace‚ especially in the Antebellum Era south. There was a distinct lack of justice‚ especially in the courts‚ and often criminals would be put to death completely based off of the emotional responses of the public. Mark

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    “The Road Not Taken” I think that this poem is about regret‚ not the regret of the choice made‚ but that of not being able to choose both paths. In the first two lines of the poem‚ the speaker is at a fork in the road of and knows that he can only go down one of these roads. The word “yellow” in the first line makes me think of flowers‚ nature‚ and ultimately life. This is the path of life‚ which is full of choices. In the second and third lines‚ the speaker regrets not being able to go down

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    al Moral Growth In the classic American literature novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”‚ by Mark Twain‚ the main character Huck experiences various occasions of moral growth. Huck matures throughout the story; he learns right from wrong and he learns integrity. The necessity of personal survival in a dangerous environment forces him to make adult decisions and live with the consequences. Huck started learning when he was at fault after he started living with the Widow Douglas and Miss

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    “The Road Not Taken” “ The Road Not Taken’‚ by Robert Frost is about a man who chooses one path but is curious and questions the other. The man feels a sense of regret later on in the poem because he would most likely never take the other path ever again. Two primary themes that are developed in this poem are no matter what you are doing in life you’ll be fine and to just go with it because you can’t go back in time. “I shall be telling this with a sigh” (Frost‚16). This states how the man was

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