The OgDaodth had genetically engineered his people to be their slaves. He did not have any physical

9-12: “Presently the creepers festooned the trees less frequently and there was a scatter of pearly light from the sky down through the trees. This was the backbone of the island, the slightly higher land that lay beneath the mountain where the forest was no longer deep jungle. Here there were wide spaces interspersed with thickets and huge trees and the trend of the ground led him up as the forest opened” (Golding 146). Importance:

was confident in the sense that he went on a long journey by himself that he had been wanting to

“By then I could feel the ground rumbling through my shoes. I saw the first water sluicing through the lowest part of the pasture, and I knew we didn't have time to make it to higher ground ourselves. In the middle of the field was an old cottonwood tree, broad-branched and gnarled, and we ran for that.” pg.12

All journeys have an unexpected outcome that challenges an individual’s preconceived insights and outlook. Predetermined journeys may be altered, hence evoking a change of course and ultimately allowing individuals to have a different outlook in life. This idea is evident through the analysis of the journeys undertaken by King Lear and Christopher McCandless. In Shakespeare’s King Lear, Lear’s preconceived overestimation of his daughter’s love is changed as he loses his kingship. This provokes a physical and inner journey through madness that allows for a self-reflection that challenges his preconceived philosophical beliefs and outlook, thereby, find his true desire though an unexpected outcome from his journey.

Layered rocks entered the scene, creating staircases on the side of the road. Random rock towers stood in the middle of the forest, looming above all the trees, although some had trees going out of them, making them seem to fake.

He was like the sky; he couldn’t feel anything because he was too anxious. He was afraid the streets were following him and that when he asked his question things wouldn’t go well with him and his potential lover.

They say that every journey starts with but a single step, other’s say take the road l

Miller shows this when he explains the forest as a feared place that is dark and threatening, just

The journey,not the arrival is what matters in human experience. It can be said that when one takes the first steps of a journey, that person will be forever changed as they will no longer be the way they were. As on travels, through physical or inner journeys the experiences one has, the decisions one makes and the affects of those decisions enables one to grow and develop in new and unexpected ways. These ideas are explored in Roberts frosts poem the “road not taken” and Peter Skrzynecki's poem “crossing the red sea” in both poems, journey is represented as both a physical and inner state of journeying that all people experience Journeys last forever. Decisions that lead to another can continue throughout one’s life. Proof of this is embedded in “way leads on to way”,a form of repetition shows the continuous nature of the process of journeying. “Ages and ages hence” also represents the similar idea, future tense is used show how the future is undeniably full of new and exciting journeys. Both quotes allow us to understand that the persona understands that journey is continuous/that a journey never ends. Frost shows us that there are a number of possibilities that can all be assessed once a decision is made.

Journeys are the series of events that takes place along the way from the beginning to the destination. It can come in different forms such as, physical, emotional, mental, spiritual or even a combination of these. There are different aspects in every journey which may include determination, discovery and change. Journeys usually involve difficult choices with significant implications for the individual. Mao’s Last Dancer (Li Cunxin, 2003) covers the aspects of determination and change through his extraordinary transformation from a peasant Chinese boy to an international ballet dancer. In the Road Not Taken (Robert Frost, 1920) an aspect of choice is revealed as the man uncovers two paths which will lead to different outcomes.

        When one thinks about the reasoning for this journey, many conclusions can be made. From the content provided in the story and the readers knowledge of the time period it was written in, we know that this was during a period of time when it was

The trio trekked through the forest. Luke could see why it had been named Devil’s Forest – it was a hellish place meant to trick you. Though the darkness didn’t seem all that bad compared to the spiders.

Glacial fingers reach through gaps in the mountains melting into rivulets that form fast flowing streams. His eyes followed the lines of the streams as they cascaded over cliffs or gushed out of crevices and fell into the boreal forest. The forest, known as the

Frost presents the traveler's choice of paths as a metaphor for the difficult decisions a person must make in life. The divergent paths are the choices to be made at various points along the way. Regardless of how he tries, the traveler cannot see beyond where the path is "bent in the undergrowth" (5). Likewise, nobody can predict what effect one choice will have on his life. The traveler sees the two paths as very similar or "just as fair" (6). As much as the traveler would like to return to the diverging roads, he realizes that he will not get another chance to travel the other path. With maturity comes a resignation that a choice has affected a person's life and there is no going back. He also tries to make the best of his decision by saying that it has "made all the difference." (20).

In general, forests are a very common element of children’s literature, even dating back to the stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. From children being sent out into the