other cars, some of them shinning as if they were polished with gloss, while others were so dirty that their break lights could barely shine through the old dirt and grit. I was seated in the passenger seat of our 1999 Ford Explorer and eyed the road and the sights of the highway carrying us through Atlanta, Georgia. On the side of the highway were lovely green meadows that grew off the side of small hills, speckled with yellows and whites. As the bend slowly straightened out, in the distance stood
In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” personification is used through the symbolization of the roads. Frost’s metaphorical embodiment of the two roads reflected as ways, journey and even as an adventure in life. He describes the decision people need to take in their lives as he had to, when he was needed to choose between two roads to go in his life. The poem amplifies Frost’s own life and decisions. The poem is addressed to all people who get in to their crossroads in life, where they
waiting for my wheels to be re-rubberized. When I mentioned a discount because of the tires I traded in, the dealer shook his head without emotion and handed me the bill, which included a five dollar disposal fee! I was getting an education on the road courtesy of the hard knocks of experience. I wanted my van painted, but aside from the cost, it would require sanding, and I would have to lay over a couple of days. I decided to save time and money and suffer the consequences. Kingman was my destination
Frost is The Road Not Taken, Frost uses an introspection on life choices and not regretting taking the road less traveled. In the first stanza, the protagonist is merely walking in the woods when he stumbles across an alternate path. Using the first person point of view, Frost depicts a clear picture of yellow woods and a character that has a choice to make as he reaches the conflict in the story and comes across a fork in the road. As the character in the story examines the best road to travel he
one hand and Rocky’s lead in the other, we left the bustling school for the quiet streets outside... ... middle of paper ... ...d up, searching desperately for Rocky and George. My heart dropped. My body locked up. There they were, lying on the road in front of a car which now looked horribly familiar. A whimpering women sat in shock. I had seen her before. Of course I had, that was my wife. Without thinking, I ran to George. Holding him in my arms, I screamed out his name, hoping desperately
Pavement-management systems (PMS) can work effectively only when they are constructed by organically combining all activities concerned with road pavement (planning, design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, evaluation, economic analysis, and research) and the data bank [1]. Then, the most important items are the establishment of a serviceability index, which represents pavement quality, and a prediction of performance, which is represented by the relation between time (and/or traffic) and
It was a cool, June morning, I had my bags packed and ready to go, and just like that I was on the road to Niagara Falls! We started by getting up at five O'clock in the morning.I remember waking up to the smell of french toast, bacon, and eggs. We packed our bags in the truck, then hit the road! After about an hour of driving on the bumpy city roads we finally hit the smooth highway to Pennsylvania. Once we got to Pennsylvania ,we ate lunch then headed to the Hershey’s Chocolate Factory.
main character of the book On the Road by Jack Kerouac, is a young writer living the American dream in the 1950s. Sal and his friends, all mad writers (especially Dean Moriarty that he considers as his hero), are hitchhiking from the east coast and driving back to the west coast during summer. They arrange their plans to meet up with each other in different cities of America. At the end of the book, they will even drive down to Mexico. During their journey on the road, alcohol, drugs, music and sex
Jasietsono Josephine Kuotsu Reg no. 12356032 Dr H. Kalpana ENGL 501: American Poetry 30 Sep 2013 Why does the choice of roads in “The Road Not Taken” makes so much difference to the speaker years later? What might the two roads represent? The two roads in the poem “The Road Not Taken” are metaphorical representation of the choices we have in life. We are blessed to have choice in life and the free will to decide and these decisions make a big difference, it can be either positive or negative. This
Congestion is a financial model used to charge road users more for the negative effects its by-products causes the economy, which impacts on the environment such as air pollution, visual intrusion, number of accidents, gas emissions, increases in number of vehicles which worsen congestion, lost time through traveling in town, wasted fuel and vehicle wear and tear.. Windhoek’s inhabitants are increasing with 3, 4% annually or from 650,000 to 1 million in 2030, therefore the city fathers should implement
our safety, cities must provide the best roads and intersections to keep driving a safeguarded activity. As a resident of Tomball and a driver on the roads, I have noticed that the feeder road at the intersection of S.H. 249 and F.M. 2920 located next to Lowe’s and Chase Bank has caused big issues for drivers. Ever since S.H. 249 became a toll road, many Tomball residents have avoided paying high fees for driving short distances by taking this service road. This has caused much more traffic, especially
well-known poem is titled “The Road Not Taken”. This poem is about the narrator monologue about his travels and choices he faced. It opens up with the view with a fork in the road where two roads take different routes. The narrator must choose which road he will take. The narrator describes his setting vividly of the woods that he is traveling in and the choices he must make, such as “Yet knowing how way leads on to way, / I doubted if I should ever come back.” (14-15). The roads are not only literal choices
Technology is evolving faster than ever these days, however there is one technology that could revolutionize the transportation industry. This technology is called autonomous cars, also known as self-driving cars. Autonomous cars can be defined as a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment, and navigating without human input. Using different techniques such as GPS and radar, autonomous cars can detect surroundings, thus removing the human element in driving. This would have a positive
day I see them run no matter what the weather condition is, if it raining ice block they will continue running. Keeping looking up I see a road with two story houses, one house is white with a clean lawn the other red with overgrown weed, which sit at the end of the road. Beyond that is trees and grassland the definition of country. To the east I see gravel road till you hit grass. The practice field that the football player used to practice. Next to the practice field is the tennis court a rectangle
The Road: A World of Isolation In the Novel The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, survival becomes the biggest quest to life. The novel is set to be as a scene of isolation and banishment from people and places. The author uses the hidden woods as a set of isolation for the characters, in which creates the suspense of traveling to an unspecified destination near the shore. Cormac McCarthy creates a novel on the depth of an imaginative journey, which leads to a road of intensity and despair. The journey
Distracted Driving on the Rise Distracted driving something that is known too well, and can been seen on a day to day basis on the road. But what is the underlining cause, and biggest reason for the negative impact of distracted driving. The conversation addresses the issue of DD (distracted driving), convey that adults and teens need to educate themselves about distracted driving. To inform adults and teens, 3 main points will be addressed in this paper, what is counts as distracted driving, what
The Road Many talk about the road less traveled; however, words mean nothing without the follow through of commitment. The rare person who is able to follow their true calling in life, must be totally focused on their goal and objectives without distraction, walks alone. American psychiatrist and author, Morgan Scott Peck published his best known work, “The Road Less Traveled in 1978. His book consists of four parts: 1. Discipline essential to overall health of emotions, spirit, and mind, a
safe is defined as measures and methods for reducing the risk of a person using the road for being killed or seriously injured. The users of a road include passengers, pedestrians, motorists, cyclists and passengers of on-road public. Nowadays, all kinds of road accident keep increasing day by day. The number of people who lose their lives on roads each year remains much too high due to careless while driving on road. Besides that, drivers must have a lot of maturity in order to accept the enormous
appears in Kerouac's On the Road. In the final sections, Sal and Dean travel to Mexico City, but while Dean goes for kicks and to obtain a quick divorce, Sal goes for a different reas... ... middle of paper ... ...na Baym. New York: Norton, 1998. 1072-1101 & 1126-43. Hunt, Tim. Kerouac's Crooked Road: Development of a Fiction. Hamden, Conn.: Archon, 1981. Kerouac, Jack. "Mexico Fellaheen" from Lonesome Traveler. 1960. New York: Grove, 1988. ---. On the Road. 1957. New York: Penguin, 1991
jabbering hysterically and betting who would catch the most fish as we pulled off of the black top onto the Crystal Creek Access Road. Our parents had warned us about small trucks, gravel roads, and how dangerous the roads could be. We assumed this was their worried parent side though, and hardly gave the warning heed. We didn't know how wrong we were about to become. The road had... ... middle of paper ... ...t once. "Did you...I thought...how the?....are we?....you both...did you see...everybody