The Road Not Taken, By Robert Frost

Empowerment is the “authority or power given to someone to do something, or the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights,”(Google). Based on all 7 of the texts we have read in class, It is more effective to empower yourself. This is because self-empowerment gives people confidence in themselves and gives them the feeling of importance, teaches the fact that you will have to make tough decisions in your life, and shows that everyone should appreciate what they have and not focus on what they want. All of these qualities are important, and the best way to teach it is through self-empowerment. Therefore, self-empowerment is the best way to empower yourself.
In the poem, “Still
In this poem Frost learns that there are tough decisions in his life and choosing one path in his life was one of those difficult decisions. It is as if the two roads are two people in his life that he cares about deeply, but can only choose one. “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,”(Frost). Frost empowered himself to make an important decision between two things that mattered to him, and ended up having to choose one no matter what the turnout was. Also, the article “Are You a Loser?” talks about how there are so many famous people today, that struggled at one point in their life to get to where they are today. For example, Jeremy Lin, who now plays for the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA was not always on top. Before anyone had ever heard of him, he was known as the weakest player on his team. So Jeremy had to make a choice. Was he going to work harder to get the chance to play, or was he going to let the people around him bring him down. So, Jeremy empowered to work harder because he knew the outcome would be victoriuos. “Lin spent hundreds of hours with coaches and trainers. He arrived at practice hours before any of his teammates to do extra drills. He relied on good old fashioned hard work and perseverance. As you can see, Both Jeremy Lin and
So, Zack, Chris, Sean and Ryan decided to travel there and record everything they were experiencing. Chris was able to empower himself throughout his journey. He was able to learn that he has to appreciate everything he has, and not focus on what he doesn’t have. This is because while in Guatemala, Chris was battling through a sickness while on the trip. He was able to experience what the native people from Guatemala would have to do if they got sick. He first learned that to get to where doctors would treat him he would have to take a long trip that costed money. Then, once the doctor checked Chris out they realized that they could not afford the medication that would have helped him. Luckily, Chris was not seriously ill and did not need the medication. But, what if this same thing had happened to someone else, but it was an emergency? So, without the experience Chris went through, he would not be that same today. This same pattern also occurred in the story of “The Scarlet Ibis”. In this story, a boy named Doodle is an embarrassment to his brother because he has a disability. But the brother doesn’t appreciate Doodle as much as he should have. For example, “Doodle was frightened of being left. ““Don’t leave me, Brother,”” he cried, and leaned toward the coffin. His hand, trembling, reached out, and when he touched