The main characters of the stories Gaston and A Song to the Open Road have many similarities. Gaston is about a little girl and her estranged father, trying to bond over a peach. A Song to the Open Road is a poem about someone leaving home and trying to make something of themselves on their own. Now, it may seem like they have no similarities but really they compliment each other very well. The Father and the Narrator have a lot in common and relate to each other. It’s almost as if the Father wrote the poem, their stories being so similar. Although they are different people, they share the same story. Both have been forced to make decisions they didn’t want to make. The Father was forced to make the decision to leave his daughter with her mother. The Father left confidently. Maybe the …show more content…
Maybe he and the mother were fighting all the time and the Father, knowing he didn’t want his daughter to be in that environment, left. Therefore, like the poem, he took to the open road, strong and content with his decision. The Narrator was also decided to move on, and leave behind all the criticisms and complaints. Both the Father and the Narrator of the poem had to learn to look out for themselves and adapt to living on their own. Making the hard decisions to leave and live on their own, they both realized that they wanted to live a full life and enjoy their time on this earth. One other thing that connects these two is that they were both criticized for being dreamers. This reason forced them to make the changes necessary in their life. Another similarity of these two are that they are both light-hearted and live in the moment. They live their life as opportunity arises and adapt to the different challenges that are thrown at