Thursday, May 7, 2009

Novel study paragraph

Both the poem "The road not taken" by Robert Frost and the novel "Slumdog Millionaire" by Vikas Swarup disscuse the choices we have to make in life. "And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler" is a highlight from the poem.
The point isn't that one was "less travelled," but rather that, because the traveller is just one person, he cannot take both, the person must make a choice every choice they make reflects on their life.
When the speaker in the poem, " stood And looked down one as far as [he] could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other" he is saying that he is looking down the two roads one that has been worn down and has been used and the other one that is less appeling. Ram from the book "Slumdog millionaire" has had a rough life but everything that has happened to him lead him to the point where he is now. Was it fait that brought him to where he is now or was it the choices he made. Every choice he made effected his life but the poeple around him if the prest had not died then he would have never gone to the juvinel home where he met his best friend salim and if he had not met salim then salim would have been raped and then taken to Mumbai alone where he would have served for Maman with his eyes ripped out and would be singing on the trains and beggin for money.

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