The difference is that this poem is more of a journey within. In “The Journey” the writer talks about going away to get away from people that you do not care about. People need you but you do not need them . In the poem these people are asking the narrator to “Mend my life”( Mary Oliver 10). The narrator still moves on because these people are not important to him/her, as proved when the narrator says that he/she “didn’t stop” when asked to not leave. The narrator continues on their journey only keeping in mind people they care about, which in this poem is themselves. This goes with the statement that people go on journeys to discover who is important to them, but also that they are important to others because when the narrator starts to leave all of these people are asking for help which displays his/her importance to these people . In the end of the poem another part like this happens when the narrator talks about saving yourself they say that you are “determined to save the only life you could save”(35-36) The narrator is saying that a journey makes you save the only life you could save, this life is the narrator's own life. That life, is the life of whoever is important to you and who you are important to you. The narrator uses this Journey within to convey the thesis that people embark upon journeys to discover who is important to them, but they learn that it is they who are also
The difference is that this poem is more of a journey within. In “The Journey” the writer talks about going away to get away from people that you do not care about. People need you but you do not need them . In the poem these people are asking the narrator to “Mend my life”( Mary Oliver 10). The narrator still moves on because these people are not important to him/her, as proved when the narrator says that he/she “didn’t stop” when asked to not leave. The narrator continues on their journey only keeping in mind people they care about, which in this poem is themselves. This goes with the statement that people go on journeys to discover who is important to them, but also that they are important to others because when the narrator starts to leave all of these people are asking for help which displays his/her importance to these people . In the end of the poem another part like this happens when the narrator talks about saving yourself they say that you are “determined to save the only life you could save”(35-36) The narrator is saying that a journey makes you save the only life you could save, this life is the narrator's own life. That life, is the life of whoever is important to you and who you are important to you. The narrator uses this Journey within to convey the thesis that people embark upon journeys to discover who is important to them, but they learn that it is they who are also