Eng 125 Introduction to LiteratureEssay Preview: Eng 125 Introduction to LiteratureReport this essayOn a Journey AloneENG 125 Introduction to LiteratureHolly LedckeMay 19, 2013On a Journey AloneLife is a journey we all must take series of choices when we are our own path and in our own lives. No matter what type of story or poem we are reading there is always something to be found if you look a little bit deeper within ourselves. We all understand that we are born and then we perish. When we make a journey we must make choices from birth to death. According to Northrop Frye, there are extremities of this quest we call a journey. The writers is able to bring readers and with the use of rhythm, characterization, or settings, among many other things throughout their writings. It is imagination that allows us, the readers of this story and poems, to be able to fill in the blanks or mentally visualize what the writer wants us to see through use of descriptive words and symbolism. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and in the story “Used To Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys, I recognize a similar theme; it doesnt matter what we are doing in life or where our journey is taking us, everyone has the opportunity to choose their own destiny and how their journey ends.
The theme in each of these works is much the same, but it is presented in different ways. In “The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost used “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” which told me that he was on a journey, he also used “and sorry I could not travel both” as a way to tell the reader that he had to make the decision of which path to take. The author did not speak of anyone traveling with the subject, which lead me to the conclusion that he was traveling alone. In “I Used To Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys, this woman in the story was on a journey alone. The author in this story explains of a woman who is alone and reflecting on her life. In each of the literary writhing being discussed in this paper, is the loneliness throughout the journey which is clear. However, the ending the journey may vary because of the choices the characters make.
This is the one you don’t see in your movie or books, you don’t see in movies or books and that is a shame and a shame to the characters. This book came from the same place in my hometown when I was younger in New Jersey, now the city where I grew up. The book on the left holds the “Olympia” and the story is based on the life of the original “Toby’s” character Toby; she is a very intelligent woman. The world seems less complex even than the one I lived in, only a few streets from where I lived, the same country and I like nice things and nice cars; to an American people, more so than anything else.
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