Frost vs. Faulkner

Decisions Decisions In “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner, the characters struggle with an inner conflict of making the correct decision. Frost’s character has to decide whether he should be a leader and take a path that was less traveled by, or be a follower and take the path everyone has taken. Faulkner’s character, Sarty, has to decide whether he should do the right thing and …

…what is right. Both characters have learned a lesson with their decision. And though these writings may have a few differences, we see that the lesson to be taught to the reader is to look at the future of the decisions before we make them, so we too can make the right decisions. As for the characters, they both grow as human beings, and know that their decision will help them in the long run.