Robert Frost writes about a person's lust for life, greed, and life changing decisions in his poem "The Road Not Taken." The speaker's an adventurous man who's seen the choices which lie ahead and wants to have both. He is regretful even before he makes his decision about which path to take. He wistfully notes, "sorry be that I could not travel both."(line 2). His greed gives him pause; he puzzles over the impossibility of going both ways. Being a thoughtful man, who enjoys life, he wants the most from it. This causes him to go the way few others would choose. Whether the path he chose is neglected from danger, or difficulty, we don't yet know, but it's bumpy and crooked and, "bent in the undergrowth,"(line 5). Leading me to picture a dark, and forbidding journey ahead. Our traveler is not unlike Indiana Jones, going impulsively and willingly into the mouth of the lion.
             He looks favorably on the less frequented road, thinking of places not seen, and grander things in its end. A person who's got an adventurous flair in his soul would think of this, not yet reflecting on any consequences that might also be in store for them. He knows that the other direction is where everyone else goes, and is also a likely choice, he wants that too, "both that morning equally lay,"(line 11). His fortune, he believes, lies down the more secluded trail. The other direction is, " for another day,"(line 13). He will be back, he thinks but it will never happen. How little this man knows of life, how it can catch you by the privates and you dare not falter in the direction you are heading for fear of the small but painful pinch it can give. Once starting on a path, it's hard to turn back to another. A person can't just give up everything, drop it at once, to change their mind about the direction they have chose. We invest too much to do this,
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