The Temptations of Two - Susan Fox Rogers

In The Temptations of Two, Susan Fox Rogers demonstrates a theme of pushing boundaries during travel while with someone else instead of playing it safe during solo travel. By describing a journey alone and fearful of her surroundings juxtaposed to a trip with Susan, doing several things she wouldn't have done by herself, Rogers makes the theme very clear. Rogers uses simile to describe what falling out of the boat would be like as she tests it out, "the water had felt like a cooled bath, though the water, silty and almost gelatinous, washed creepily over my skin." She also uses strong diction in her feelings about falling for Emily and travel with others, "The temptation of two was dismantling my edifice of one." From an experience with Emily, doing things she hadn't done since grade school, Rogers started to appreciate traveling with others instead of traveling by herself, making her travels more dynamic with more possibilities.