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Comparing Sotomayor's Story And The Road Not Taken

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In both Sonia Sotomayor’s story and “The Road Not Taken” they both have to make a big decision. In Sonia’s story she had options to be a police officer or a judge. In “The Road Not Taken” the narrator had to decide which road to take. One road has been walked on by many and the other road was grassy and wanted wear. Both narrators have positive and negative things about the choices they have. Sonia can’t be a police officer because she has diabetes. The narrator from “The Road Not Taken” doesn’t want to take the same road that others have taken, because he/she will reach the same thing as the others did . All though in the text the narrator says “I shall be telling this with a sigh.” You can see that he/she is not happy with their choice.

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