The Reason for the Road

At first glance, the blog title "On This Road" may not seem to be relevant to the book title "Parvana's Journey" except for the obvious relation of journeying on a road. I chose to use this title because of not only that reason, but also because of everything thats behind the word "road." The terms "fork in the road" and "crossroad" both relate to Parvana's story because a fork in the road is a metaphor for a challenge, or obstacle, which occurs a lot in this book. Parvana comes across many challenges such as hunger, weariness, thirst, pain, sickness, fear, and many others. Also, a crossroad in life could symbolize making a tough decision, which Parvana has to do often. She must choose to save Hassan, she must choose to be brave and courageous, she must making decisions that could affect the fate of her and her companions. She also does a lot of walking on long roads which causes her to get tired, emotional, and discouraged. That's the reasons behind my choice for the blog title "On This Road."