Comparasion essay

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Directions: Using two of the short stories that we have read (“The Open Boat” “The Yellow Wallpaper,” “Young Goodman Brown”,” and “The Lottery” ) , compose a comparison/contrast essay. Consider comparing characters, themes or conflicts in each respective text. Your 4 paragraph essay should discuss and explain the similarities and differences in the two stories. Use text-based evidence by providing examples and quotes from both short stories to support your ideas. Your essay should clearly communicate what the differences and similarities are.

· Use appropriate grammar, spelling, and punctuation

· Use third person, Do NOT use YOU or I

· Write complete sentences

· Follow proper paper format

· Use sophisticated and appropriate language (Avoid words like stuff, things, like, good, bad)

Prompt:

1st Paragraph (Introduction) -State the title and author of stories.

- Provide 1 to 2 sentences about the stories.

- Thesis underlined: State two differences and two similarities existing between the two

texts.

2nd Paragraph (1st Body Paragraph)

- Topic sentence: Restate the two differences that you have selected.

-1st piece of evidence from the stories to support the claim made in your thesis.

- A statement of analysis will follow your 1st piece of evidence and explain why your

evidence is important. -2nd piece of evidence from the stories to support the claim made in your thesis. - A statement of analysis will follow your 2nd piece of evidence and explain why your evidence is important.

3rd Paragraph (2nd Body Paragraph) - Topic sentence: Restate the two similarities that you have selected.

-3rd piece of evidence from the stories to support the claim made in your thesis. - A statement of analysis will follow your 3rd piece of evidence and explain why your evidence is important. -4th piece of evidence from the stories to support the claim made in your thesis. - A statement of analysis will follow your 4th piece of evidence and explain why your evidence is important.

4th Paragraph (Conclusion)

- Sum up essay. - Restate thesis in different words.

Here is the rubric that will be used to score your essay:

Clear thesis statement in the beginning and thesis restatement in conclusion -30 points

4 instances of evidence from each story that support thesis -40 points

4 statements of analysis explaining relevancy of evidence -30 points

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Writing is oftentimes an expression of the human condition; topics such as love and hate along with the internal struggles individuals face are timeless in nature. Two short stories that illuminate the plight of the individual are Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper", and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown." Though the characters presented in each of these stories are unique in their own persuasion, their internal struggles share a close resemblance to one another. The respective resolutions of Goodman Brown’s conflict and the narrator’s in the “The Yellow Wallpaper” leave them with a corrupted perspective of the much larger world. The stark differences between these characters deal primarily with their genders and the social status associated with that gender. Because “Jane” is a woman living in the 19th century, she is not allowed the same provisions as Young Goodman Brown, a male of relatively the same time period. Additionally, Brown views himself as morally superior to his society which is in stark contrast to the patriarchal oppression that the narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a victim of .