The Road Not Taken Sacrifice

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Successful Journeys are the Key to Knowledge
Hope is defined as “the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best” (“Hope”). It is a vast act of trusting that the way life plays out will be to a person’s advantage. Along with hope is the question of what if. What if the path taken leads to false anticipation? With false hope comes a heartbreaking outcome, this could send the desired goal into a downward spiral of emotion ultimately causing the choice to become redundant. However, there is the equal chance of the path chosen leading to the desired motive in the end; and with that comes hope that could advance a traveler to the next obstacle in their voyage. “The Road Not Taken” written by Robert Frost and …show more content…

Frost shows the narrator choosing a path “[less traveled]” (19). Even if the direction seems to be dangerous or unfamiliar he suggests that it is taken because in the end it may lead to goals that otherwise would not have been reached with the other route. Along with making the right choice is also directed toward a sliver of fate in life, maybe it was meant to be. The path chosen may have been the correct one by fate, even if it turns out to be the more dangerous one or the one less likely to be taken. Reaching “Ithaca” is all about finding one’s true self, through all of the turmoil and triumphs. Once the course is complete, finding oneself is not going to be based upon the goals that have been set, but through the knowledge and time lapsed. The traveler in search of Ithaca should find themselves “rich with all [they] have gained on the way/not expecting that Ithaca will offer [them] riches” (29-30). If hope is engraved in the traveler, all things are possible. Hope is a drive that helps to keep the adventure sought out during a lifetime. In “The Road Not Taken,” hope is acquired by the path chosen being the best one, the traveler hopes for it to be the one to lead to goals and make his lifelong journey easier in the end. “Ithaca” describes hope more so as being hopeful that a person will gain a secular proficiency to advance in

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