How does Eudora Welty's quote, "The path is the thing that matters" apply to
The Odyssey and
The Straight Story? Should "The path" matter? What does our society argue? How do Alvin and Odyssey address this? Other thoughts? Complete on Dec. 9th, 2011.
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I think the path does matter in The Odyssey and The Straight Story. Odysseus goes through a challenging journey, losing some friends along the way however that's what made him who he is today. That works for describing The Straight Story. Alvin went through his journey to his brothers house on a tractor, he had some problems on the way, but when he actually got to his brother's it was so much more rewarding.
The path does matter. In some ways our life is the path waiting for our final destination. The journey is what builds the character and what makes us grow as human beings. Its what makes us who we are now. And in most cases the journey is much more exciting then the destination. So the "Path" does matter.
Eudora Welty's quote is very controversial, but I think the path does matter. When Alvin was taking the very long and slow journey to see his brother, he got the opportunity to see the world from a different perspective, and think about what truly matters to him. The path he took gave him many opportunities to give up or to change his mind, but he never did. Odysseus was gone from his wife and his civilization for 20 years. Coming home was rewarding in the end, but the path changed the type of man that he was, and made decisions seem more important. Our society today sees death as a scary thing. We are always told to "live life to the fullest," but do we? Do we really embrace the path we are given, or do we fear for what lies ahead?
I think that the path is what matters. Where ever your destination could be, the journey you take to get there is what matters. For instance, when your destination is death, the path is your life. It it were you make accomplishments and victories. Where you make mistakes, lose and gain friends. The path does matter.
Our path is where we are going, it's what we do, how we act, what we learn. It is the most important thing as it is everything we do. If we stray from our path we become lazy and unfocused. Or if we change our path our life becomes entirely different. The path is the only thing that matters because it is everything.
The matters greatly because without the path, we would not learn lessons and discover what we believe in. In the end, the part we remember and cherish is the journey because it makes the destination that much more special. If Alvin hadn't had such incredible experiences on his way to see his brother, he may have given up and possibly not cared as much about his final destination as well as with Odysseus for his journey was only intended to be a week and ended up taking seven years. From this, I conclude that the "path" does matter.
This quote applies to the straight story and the odyssey perfectly they are both have their own adventure good and bad and meet new people/ things along the way. Their journeys are both impacted and change dramatically along the way. And different out comes came out as well.
I think the path does matter. If you just go somewhere without any events happening to you, you might not learn anything. But depending on the path you take you might have different results. Odysseus had a lot of mishaps on his journey, but if he had been able to go home immediately, he wouldn't have learned so much and he wouldn't have learned the qualities he learned. With Alvin Straight, it was relatively the same deal. He learned from the people he came in contact with, and it also felt more rewarding for him to make his journey on a tractor.
I get mixed meaning from Eudora Welty's quote, but overall I think the path does matter. Looking back at what I have accomplished it is nice to see how I got there. The path also does determine the outcome or the end. For the Odyssey example the things he experienced could have changed his mind or determined where he would go and what would happen. Because of what he experience he may not have come home, because of the path.
The path and the goal matters because with out one the other can not excess. You cant have the path if theres no gaol to go for and you cant just get to the goal with out taking the path. So yes the path matters but so dose the gaol your heading for.
I don't think that the path matters because as long as you get to where you are going it shouldn't matter.
The path matters greatly, it determines where you are going to go. If you take the wrong path, it can put you in the last place you want to be. Path is like life, you choose what is happening in your life. you can choose a path that is not what you want or one that is better then what you want. You control what is going to happen with you like the path that you would choose. In the Straight story Alvin choose to go see his brother even though he has problems with his body. In this Alvin had choose the right path to me because he and his brother had made up. Odysseus had to go and fight in the war but after, he had gone home and he faced many challenges. The path that he had choose was not the best, he wanted people to know his name but that caused him to put him and everyone else in danger.
The path really does matter. In the Odyssey and The Straight Story the men deal with loyalty, hospitality, trust, and pride and these are one of the many components of a person's path. They could take a path of cruelty or a path of sympathy, etc. Alvin chooses to reunite with his brother who had a stroke,but is in bad health and doesn't have a car. Alvin though, still goes to see his his brother because that is the path he chose. Odysseus chooses the path home.
Eudora Welty's quote relates to the Odyssey the Straight Story Alvin and Odysseus because they both had paths that had difficulties and they faced obstacles making there journeys longer and tougher but more interesting. Alvin met some people on his path similar to Odysseus. the path that they took and the choices they made, made their journey the way it turned out to be because if they didn't take the path they did there would have been a different outcome and different consequences.
I think that the path does matter. It matters which path you take, the long way the short way, the hard way or the easy way. In the Odyssey and Straight Story, both men have to take a hard path towards what they want most- family. The path has us going to our final destination and without it, each journey wouldn't be different.
I think the path does matter. Both Odysseus and Alvin had to overcome serious and complicated obstacles while going on their journey to complete their "path". In both stories, both of them feel as if they want to give up and just quit their "path" and not finish it. I think both men know that they will die along the way but they are committed on continuing their journeys until. I also think both men started out thinking what they want at the end of the "path" is most important, but they come to learn trying to get there is complicated and they learn a lot along the way.
The path matters in every way. Odyssey and The Straight Story both, they made friends and lost friends.Also went through challenges that were life changing.
This quote would apply to The Odyssey and The Straight Story because Alvin had plenty of opportunities to get to his brother much easier ways but he rejected because he knew it would not have meant as much if he didn't get their by this really slow tractor. I think the path does matter. If we just get things handed to us it isn't even like a success. True success is something you really have to work for and try hard at.
I do feal like the path is what counts, it is the hard work to get somthing to do somthing its like ones preperation for thier own odyssey. If any one has such a journey im sure it wouldnt be a peerless trip all easy and better then the rest, it would be haphazard and chaotic. But the journey is the hard part the path of life defines who you are as a person. The most crucial part of a voyage is the path itself. Because without the road or path you learn nothing.
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