In his poem‚ "Traveling through the Dark‚" William Stafford presents the reader with the difficulty of one man’s choice. Immediately‚ the scene is set‚ with the driver‚ who is "traveling through the dark" on a treacherous winding road when suddenly he sees a dead deer in the road. Right away‚ the speaker realizes what he must do: “It is usually best to roll them into the canyon.” The reader can recognize that this is not a new situation for the speaker and he makes it clear that to leave the deer
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In the poem‚ “Traveling through the Dark”‚ William Stafford conveys the story of a person coming across a deceased doe at night and has their mindset to move the body out of the way rather than drive around it. Then when the doe is approached‚ it has then occurred to the person that the doe passed away with an unborn fawn. After much though‚ the narrator decided to dispose of the body with the fawn into the river. The central conflict in the poem is an internal conflict within the person of what
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Mirna Garcia 6/30/11 Assignment #3 William Stafford’s "Traveling Through the Dark" is a poem that expresses the challenging aspects of having to make difficult decisions accompanied by sadness. The narrator expresses his struggle of how he deals with a tragic event he runs into while traveling in the dark on a swerved road. As he is driving down a narrow road he runs into a dead deer. Most people view these animals as beautiful creatures belonging and associated it with our beautiful
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"Traveling Through the Dark" by: William Stafford< The speaker in the poem must reflect on what to do about the dead does‚ he knows that in order to keep other ppl from hitting her & getting into an accident he must push her into the canyon‚ but the still alive foal weighs on his conscience. The speaker has to search his mind in order to reconcile the necessity of his actions w/ the harm that he have caused or will cause to others. * The Theme of Man’s disregard for nature & nature vs. technology:
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accidents and deaths will occur from that. In William E. Stafford’s “Traveling Through the Dark” the speaker stops to drag a deer off the road that another driver hit‚ so drivers don’t swerve or hit it more. When he approaches the doe‚ he finds that it is pregnant and is faced with the decision to save the fawn or push the doe off
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Never-Ending Transformation In the poem‚ “Woodchucks‚ written by Maxine Kumin‚ the speaker progressively changings there character into something insidious‚ similar to that of Adolf Hitler. Although the poem does not openly suggest that it is referring to actions of Hitler himself‚ the speaker leaves clues to draw the assumption that the two characters are parallels. In the beginning of the poem the speaker is annoyed and frustrated with the woodchuck’s destruction of the crops. So much so‚ the
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Composition Traveling by cars compares to traveling by planes Thanks to technological development‚ people can travel to other places easily and quickly. Nowadays‚ there are many means of transportation for people to move or journey such as: cars‚ buses‚ trains‚ or even planes. In the developed countries‚ traveling by cars and traveling by planes are more popular than other transportations because they are convenient and fast. However‚ traveling by cars also has some differences from traveling by planes
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Ismael Gonzalez Professor Edwards February 24‚ 2013 William Stafford “Traveling Through the Dark” & Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” In Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” we can see how many different aspects of life decision making comes in the form of symbolisms. “Two roads diverge in a yellow wood. And sorry I couldn’t not travel both” This showing use how unwilling the character is of not making a right decision‚ this is centered on how life can come with certain choices one must make
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In Maxine Kumin’s poem “Woodchucks”‚ the reader is led into a short tale of a woman whom is dealing with a family of woodchucks that are eating away at her garden. While this poem appears to be a simple tale following this woman’s methods to exterminating the pests‚ it rather is a poem that uses its speaker to stealthily showcase the potential that humans have for monstrous actions. The speaker‚ while appearing to be a sensible person turned deranged by the joyous feel of power and success‚ is a
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As we chatted about our lives‚ I realized that we shared many similarities‚ and that living on opposite ends of the earth‚ we weren’t all that different. Traveling through Laos‚ I noticed a few characteristics about my parents’ homeland. Although Laos is one of the poorest countries in the world‚ I was surprised to see a lack of homelessness. It wasn’t until many months later that I realized why this was the case
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