Rationalization
Rationalization
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Consider Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken." A common (mis)interpretation of the poem is that it's about taking the nontraditional path. However, it seems to be more
about a poem about rationalizing one's actions, as described in the video below. After reviewing the video, comment on this tendency of humans to rationalize actions.
Why would this narrator tell a story where he/she clearly alters events?
Please use assigned text :
N. Baym, W. Franklin, P. Gura, J. Klinkowitz, A. Krupat,
R. Levine, . . . P. Wallace (Eds.) The Norton anthology of
American literature (shorter 8th ed.). New York, NY: W.
W. Norton. ISBN: 9780393918854