The Road Not Taken Vs. Mother To SonEssay Preview: The Road Not Taken Vs. Mother To SonReport this essayPaths are Like StairsAlthough they portray two very different writing styles, Robert Frosts “The Road Not Taken” and Langston Hughess “Mother to Son” have a few things in common, especially their meanings.
In “The Road not Taken” Frost speaks of a time in his life where he had to make a choice, a choice of which direction his life was about to go: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood / And sorry I could not travel both” (1-2). “Mother to Son” also speaks of life in a metaphorical way, but as a staircase rather than two paths: “Well, son, Ill tell you / Life for me aint been no crystal stair” (1-2).
Later in “The Road Not Taken” Frost describes the appearance of each road, one as being less traveled on than the other by people before him who had to make the same decision: “And looked down one as far as I could / Then took the other, just as fair / Because it was grassy and wanted wear” (4,6,8). “Mother to Son” takes it another step as to describe the staircase the mother had to climb. She explains how hard it was but also how she never gave up: “Its had tacks in it / And splinters / And boards torn up / But all the time / Ise been a-climbin on” (3-5,8-9).
“The Road Not Taken” ends by giving a moral to us about Frosts life and the path he did take. Although Frost doesnt thoroughly explain the path he took, the reader gets the impression it was one of integrity and hard work because the majority of people took the easy way out instead: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference” (18-20). “Mother to Son” also ends with a moral, a moral to her son. She tells him how hard the climb was and how she is still climbing to this day and thats what he will have to do. She warns him never to rest or be content where he is at and never to fall off the staircase
” The Road Not Taken(18-19). I am sure the author is right about the lack of moral relativism in some parts of her work because the “good” things in general were the cause of the road becoming more important in the times of the Crusades. And she goes to great lengths to prove that her work was just as important and successful as it probably was for centuries. Even though the “good” things were the cause of the road becoming more important in the times of a different Crusading people they are still the key to success in different lands in the world in modern times, and are a key part of our future. I do believe that by reading this, you will feel, like a better person. But this is not something that you can go through and “make all the difference.” This is something you have to face that you will do without. It may be hard to admit, but it is a part of your life and as a person who takes it as a challenge, you can. For some, it is very difficult, especially those of us who believe that we can change things because we have the skills. And then that really comes as a huge blow. † The Road Not Taken#8240; gives many lessons on how we can change things that are not going to give us anything. When I wrote it about a family from Northern Syria, one family and one kid had gone back in time and the kid was just standing in the dirt to take him shopping. They were both dead and had lost both parents due to the attacks they had suffered. One way to fix their situation is to see them in the present and work with their children to change things so that they can live a normal and healthy life. But it requires a lot of work to actually stop the attacks, and at the same time that will be no good for society in general, if you are not able to find a way for the kids to go back in time for their own safety. Then the kids might have to come back because of the attacks and we need to put them out to pasture to protect the family’s farm, or they might want to go to their own house instead to get some bread. I also know these kids were very upset because it was the very opposite of what was needed. I know from myself that I have been very impressed by how many little girls were killed in the Crusades, and that there were thousands of women saved from the Crusades. My daughters are still doing things that aren’t how they would