Synthesis Essay - Comparison between Frederick Douglass and Jon Krakauer

It is sometimes said that nothing in life that is worth
having comes easily. I have noticed that what often
separates those who attain their hopes and dreams from
those who do not is that they possess a certain drive
and determination to stop at nothing to achieve those
dreams. Although the two individuals Chris McCandless
and Frederick Douglass lived in different time periods,
and grew up in totally different environments, they
possessed the will to overcome whatever obstacles life
presented them and achieved the goals that they set for
themselves. Chris McCandless was determined to live…