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Synthesis Essay



             Mexico. He was unaware of the fact that once in Mexico.
             the Colorado River turns into a maze of irrigation.
             canals, marshland, and dead end channels. At one point.
             he follows a map drawn by a group of Mexican canal.
             officials he had met to no avail. He found himself at a.
             dead end in the middle of the desert. He did not give up.
             though. Instead he carried his canoe and gear for three.
             days to a new canal to continue his quest for the sea.
             After traveling for several more days Chris once again.
             found himself lost and stuck in swampy marshland. By.
             chance he met a group of duckhunters who after hearing.
             his tale of wrong turns and dead ends agreed to take him.
             to the small fishing village of El Golfo de Santa Clara,.
             located on the Gulf of California (34-35). At several.
             points along the way Chris could have easily given up.
             his quest and turned back, but he would not allow.
             himself to fail. This is the same type of determination.
             that can be seen in Frederick Douglass.
             Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Tuckahoe,.
             Maryland during the early 1800's. He was eventually sent.
             to Baltimore to live with his new master and mistress.
             It was there that Douglass found the key by which he.
             could unlock the bonds of slavery and revel in the.
             freedom that few of his peers would ever come to know.
             Douglass wrote, "Mistress, in teaching me the alphabet,.
             had given me the inch, and no precaution could prevent.
             me from taking the ell" (31). He remained true to his.
             words over the next couple of years and used an.
             ingenious plan to take every opportunity possible to.
             learn to read and write. Douglass was often called.
             upon by his mistress to run various errands throughout.
             the day. He found that if he hurried up and got his.
             errands done quickly he had a few minutes that he could.
             use to get a lesson. He carried with him bread and a.
             book. He would make friends with the white kids in the.
             streets by bribing them with the food and in return in.
             they would teach him what they could.


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