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Comparison Of Frederick Douglass 'And A Kenyan Teen's Discovery'

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Have you ever taken a risk? Well, The Challenger Crew from “Address to the Nation”, Frederick Douglass from “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, and Kahumbu from “A Kenyan Teen’s Discovery” all took risks to learn, some for the good and some for the bad. The risks that The Challenger Crew, Frederick Douglass, and Kahumbu took are all different risks that can teach people important life lessons. In “Address to the Nation” the 7 astronauts took a risk so they could learn more about space and, “expanding man's horizons” (paragraph 4). Snowin said that they did this so they could improve mankind. Although the Challenger Crew lost their lives, President Reagan said, “Our hopes and our journeys continue” (paragraph 5) showing perseverance, …show more content…

Although this might not seem like a big deal, it is because at this time Frederick was an American slave, and it was hard for him to learn this because it was against the law. In order to do this he, “always took my book with me” as Frederick said in paragraph 4, showing that he went out of his way to improve himself, similar to the Challenger Crew. And by the end of this story, he has, “succeeded in learning how to write.” (paragraph 9), showing that you can do anything as long as you persevere through the challenges. Although Frederick has some similarities to the Challenger Crew, they have some differences, one being that this story had a positive outcome unlike “Address to the Nation” which was mainly a negative outcome. The second difference is that Frederick was learning how to read and write, not learning about space. Still, all of this shows that taking risks can help you learn. Just like Frederick Douglass, Kahumbu from “A Kenyan Teen’s Discovery” had problems in his life too. Such as, “Lions would jump in the shed and kill the cows” (paragraph 2). Showing his problem, even if his problem is very different from Frederick’s, it still means it is a big deal. Until Kahmbu found that, “lions were scared of a moving light.” (paragraph 7), this caused Kahmbu to make a protection system that has, “spread

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