“In what ways is the focus of Changing Perspective demonstrated in the chosen texts?”

The texts I chose for this essay were:
1. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
2. Out, Out- by Robert Frost
3. The Door from stimulus booklet
4. Sky-High from stimulus booklet
5. What Its Like – by Everlast (song)
6. American Beauty the film

In all of the chosen texts, the focus of changing perspective is demonstrated. Through use of figurative language, symbols, tone, imagery and key themes, their composers have created pieces of literature that show many facets of life in more than one perspective. From “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, one of the most renowned poets of our time to “What Its Like” by Everlast, a contemporary rock music artist, all of the texts I have chosen represent the focus of changing perspective.

In “The Road Not Taken” Frost depicts a scene somewhere in the persona’s past. The persona is standing at a fork in the path he is walking down and must make a choice of either one or the other. The persona knows tha...