The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.



 I chose "The Road Not Taken" because it shows how the choices we make affect us. When the narrator comes across the forked path, he must make a decision, and how he makes this decision is reflective of his identity. In this poem, the paths are symbolic of the choices we make in life so when we take one path or the other, it represents our decisions that we make.We don't know how what lies beyond what we can see of the paths but we do know that whatever experiences we endure from this "path" will change our identity. The fact that the narrator took the path less traveled by reflects on his identity- he may be someone who likes being on edge or just wanted to try something different because if he were scared or shy, he probably would have taken the one that is more worn because it is obviously tried and trusted.

Power

Definition:
1. Possession of controlling influence
2. One possessing or exercising power or influence of authority
3. The ability or official capacity to exercise control

Reasons for it's existence:
-Without power, the world would be in ruins, we need certain people to lead the way for our countries and moderate what goes on within our society, government and world

Ways to get it:
-Particular skills in certain areas can be very valuable, earning you a position of power
-Being a good leader
-Herditary (ex. Queen Elizabeth II)
-Hard work

Ways to maintain power:
-Doing you job well
-make people see/think/believe that you are doing a god job at whatever your job is

Ways one would use it:
-To help other people
-To help ones own desires (greed)
-To get rich (more greed)

Ways one could lose it:
-You don't do your job well
-You scam peope and they find out
-Abusing your power

How it affects people:
-Can bring out the best in people
-Can also bring out the worst in people

When we think about power, too often people think 'greed', 'get rich' and more negative things than positive. That's because ultimately when peole think of people in power we think of the prime ministers and presidents of the world/ politicians. When we think of politicians in general, we see the bad things and their mistakes before the good things that they've done. In truth, most politicians have done many more good thing than bad ones but the public usually can't see it that way. That's my two cents' worth.

Power is connected with the other terms because all the terms are things that every individual either has or wants.

This razor is a huge symbol in "Just Lather, That's All" because it could have been the difference between life and death. The barber could have taken the captain's life with one slice of the razor blade and he would have never seen it coming. The razor represents the dilemma because it was the one thing that could have changed the situation entirely.

Just Lather, That's All - EQ - How are people transformed through their relationships with others?

Everyone has a good side, and we see this in the short story Just Lather, That's All, by Hernando Tellez. The main character, the barber, is faced with the dilemma of taking one life, or risk seeing countless others taken away. He has the chance to kill Captain Torres in cold blood and possibly ending the revolution, or letting him go and seeing the war continue. The barber's personality had been shaped through his relationships and ezperiences with others. It's possible that he had been brought up as an honest person by his parents and through the influence of his peers. This is what stopped the barber from slitting Torres' throat with his razor and letting him go unharmed. If he had killed him, maybe the revolution would have been over or at least in a lesser state or turmoil, but the barber would never have a clear conscience again for the rest of his life. He would have to live with the fact that he killed in cold blood. And again, as since his childhood, the barber's experience that day will change who he is and his identity as a whole.

Brother Dear Response - Character - Greg

In the story Brother Dear, I can connect to Greg for a few reasons. First of all, Greg has problems with his parents frequently when he is in university. Now, I don't have very many problems at all with my parents, but it happens sometimes and i can understand how Greg feels. Second of all, it can't be any fun for Greg knowing he has to tell his parents something they won't like: that he's dropping out of university. A similar experience happened with me recently, when I lost my wallet. I knew my parents would not be happy with me because there were some important things in there. It took me awhile to muster up the courage to tell my parents, just like how Greg was reluctant to tell his father that he'd dropped out of university because he knew the new would not be well received. Last of all, Greg wanted to do what he wanted to do, not what his parents chose for him. In his case, university was not something of a priority and he dropped out so he could take part in tree planting with Greenpeace. There are times with my parents as well when I feel I should do what I want, not what they want, but I know they just want the best for me and I respect that. All in all, Greg and I have similarities and differences between ourselves, but Greg had more problems.