Lewis begins his journey as a typically middle class citizen with radical left wing views, things that he considers so significant that they take priority over more primitive things like love. Here he can be compared to Salieri in Amadeus, before Mozart came to Vienna to play his music, Salieri is the favoured composer, he lives a high life with no qualms with anyone, and Mozart is merely a myth that he only hears about every once in a while. But undergoing pain can alter the way you live your life, which is exactly what happened with these three texts. The three protagonists are plunged into unusual …show more content…
His pain involves the road not taken; forever he will wonder what that road would have offered, although, he appeases himself with his choice but there is always that absence of mind. “And that has made all the difference” ends the poem, and the reader is able to understand the speakers choice was not an unhappy one. “I took the road less traveled by” further fulfills a sense of appeasement as he finds comfort in his individuality. This can be compared to Cosi also, as Lewis is sort of set back in time in an ever-changing world as he admires ‘old values’ like love. This can be considered the road less taken, and Lewis becomes the speaker of the Road Less Taken as he too begins a life of