Journey

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Journey

• Discussion ?s
• Joyce Carol Oates

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DICUSSION ?S

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• The journey in the story is a metaphor for life.
  How would you describe the journey that
  represents your life?

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DICUSSION ?S

• lifes journey is exciting and full of
  experiences although we usually tend to be more
  pessimistic we should try to push for a happy life

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DICUSSION ?S

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• If you had the day to begin again, how would your
  choices compare with the narrator's ?

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DICUSSION ?S

• If I were to begin any day over I would change
  anything that led me the wrong way

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DICUSSION ?S

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• Do you think that it is possible to map out your
  life? Is it desirable? Why or why not?

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Discussion ?s

• It is possible to map out your life but only to a
  certain extent, life should be random. The fact
  that life would get boring if you always knew
  what was coming up next makes it unappealing

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Discussion ?s

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• (a)-Where does your journey begin?
• (b)-What is your destination?

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Discussion ?s

• Everyones journey begins when they are born and
  their destination is a happy place where no
  matter what life puts us to we know we will be
  alright

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Discussion ?s

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• (a)-Why do you turn off the highway?
• (b)-Why do you turn onto an unpaved road?
• (c)-Why do you decide to make the rest of your
  journey on foot?

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Discussion ?s

• I decide to turn off the highway because I know
  that If I follow the nice highway I will never
  experience anything other than that
• I turn onto an unpaved road because it is the
  road less traveled and that idea is very
  appealing because not everyone can say yeah
  Ive been down that road
• I decide to make the rest of my journey on foot
  because I feel my foot numb from the constant
  pressure on the acceleration(p.861)

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Discussion ?s

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• (a)-Where do you end up by evening?
• (b)-What do you suddenly remember?

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Discussion ?s

• By evening I am still in the wilderness and I am
  starting to really see what I am doing
• I suddenly remember that I do not have my handy
  dandy map

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Discussion ?s

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• What do you conclude at the end of the day?

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Discussion ?s

• I conclude that even though Im tired and cold
  this has been a triumph and If I went back I
  wouldnt change it

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Discussion ?s

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• (a)-Into what four stages can your journey be
  divided?
• (b)-How does the appearance of the road or path
  you follow change from stage to stage?
• (c)- How does the appearance of the surrounding
  landscape change from stage to stage?
• (d)-What other changes occur as you pass from
  stage to stage?

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Discussion ?s

• (a)- The four stages are
• 1-when I am on the highway
• 2-when I turn down the dirt road
• 3-when I am navigating trough the rough terrain
• 4- when I find the highway

• (b)-The road starts smooth and gets rougher and
  rougher as I go along
• (c)-As the stages change I see the landscape as
  something I have been missing out on
• (d)-Also as I go from stage to stage I begin to
  change and I begin to see the benefits what I am
  doing

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Discussion ?s

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• What is the significance of the fact that none of
  the other places in the story are named?

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Discussion ?s

• The significance is that you cannot see where
  your not looking so if you are in the forest you
  cant see the desert

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Discussion ?s

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• In the beginning of the story, the narrators
  comments that you are a lover of maps.
• (a)-How does this attitude change during the
  course of the story?
• (b)-What significance of the fact that in the end
  you remember the map as a blank sheet of paper?

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Discussion ?s

• The narrator says I am a lover of maps and that
  means that I like to know where I am and where I
  am going
• I remember the map as a blank sheet of paper and
  I like that because now for the first time I am
  winging it and It worked out

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Discussion ?s

• 11
• What is the triumph felt at the end of the story?

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Discussion ?s

• The triumph at the end of the story is making it
  all the way trough the forest and being able to
  come out on top

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Discussion ?s

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• Explain how this story relates to the following
  lines from Robert Frosts Poem The road not
  taken two roads diverge in the wood, and I--/
  I took the road less traveled by,/ and that has
  made all the difference.

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Discussion ?s

• This story relates to Robert Frosts lines road
  not taken in that the story is about me
  experiencing the road less traveled and enjoying
  the scenery

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