If one chooses the “wrong” road, has one lost all hope of happiness?

You will use the short story “Editha” and “The wife of his youth”.

The synthesis section is where the writer discusses how the text(s) relate to each other and/or to their larger discursive field. Comparing and contrasting the texts can be a useful way to begin thinking about how the texts relate to each other. A writer can also bring in outside information, such as from class lectures or previous readings. For example, the writer may note if the text adds additional information to an idea previously presented in class, explains an idea in a different way, or contradicts an idea.
Synthesis example:
Much of what we’ve read thus far in American literature has discussed the idea of choice and choices as significant in the American character and to the American “dream” of the good life. In these two Frost poems, one discussing the loss of all that is good, and one discussing how to make the best choice for one’s life, there is a meeting place, of sorts, in which happiness can indeed come from loss and choice can lead to lost opportunity. For example, if one chooses the “wrong” road, has one lost all hope of happiness? A former high school friend, who was unable to attend the college of his choice, is now happily living his best life after graduating, with honors, from his second-choice institution. He argues he was “saved” from the wrong path of the first college because he didn’t get in, thus allowing him to attend a smaller university where the personalized attention from his professors and advisors helped him succeed.