Throughout “The Temptation of Two” Susan Rogers illustrates a theme of the differences in what one receives when traveling alone versus traveling in companionship, in choosing safety versus breaking out of one’s box. Throughout the piece Rogers discusses how spending time alone is rewarding for her, and how she enjoys solo travel. However, she often likens solo travel with cautious travel, saying, “you are alone, I remind myself, don’t push it” (164). She then goes on to question “What is safer? The folly of two or the caution of one?” (167). Through the essay a dichotomy emerges between what one receives in solo travel versus travel with others, in choosing the safer route and in branching out.
“Blocky floes of ice that knocked against each other like ice cubes in a glass” (161). This simile immediately ignites an image in the readers mind of the scene Rogers is describing.
“eerie and so utterly full of death that it shook me for days” (161). The description of ice on the river as being “full of death” appeals to the senses or the reader; I shivered when I read it.
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