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Question: Need an writting for the outline below in parenthesis 1000 words for a compare and contrast for Torres and Kobabe. Cannot be ai submitted.

Compare and Contrast Outline

Introduction

Maia Kobabe is the author of a book known as "Gender Queer," which is a memoir explaining what it means to be nonbinary and asexual. This book is more than a personal story about Kobabe's confusion about whether she was a lesbian or a gay or if she was both. In comparison, Justin Torres' "In Praise of Latin Night at the Queer Club" describes a dangerous and cold world for gays and exclusion which comes with this orientation; thus, the only place gays feel a sense of safety is at the club. Reading through these two books, some differences and similarities between the characters begins to emerge. While some differences between Maia Kobabe and Justin Torres are evident, they are similar because their writing displays the aspects of boldness, integrity, and empathy towards others.

Boldness

Kobabe and Torres, in their both stories, have portrayed an inspiring story of gender identity and sexual orientation and the confusion, exclusion, and discrimination that comes with being gay or lesbian. Both characters have a shared kind of boldness by choosing to be themselves and speak about some injustices that these people experience. Kobabe chooses his own experience and tells a story boldly about the discovery of his gender identity and sexual orientation without fear of prejudice, and this inspires others around the world to be bold which is visible throughout his memoir through the use the first-person narrator "I" (Kobabe,2022). Similarly, Torres talks about his Latin heritage and his queer identity. He boldly uses the gay experience to imagine the different situations that venture out of the club with the repetition of the phrase "you have known violence" (Torres, 2016) and this serves as an indication of how hostile the world is for the people who hold different sexual orientation as they are pressurized to accept who they are not. This can be argued as them challenging the society through putting themselves out there as mirror for the world to reflect on.

Integrity

Additionally, both Kobabe and Torres have the trait of integrity as they use their own stories to truthfully depict the hostile world and cruel life lived by gay without bias. Kobabe is honest about her struggles as she was trying to figure out her gender identity and whether she liked boys or girls, she tells this story with great integrity of how she wanted a gender-neutral name and sometimes wishing she had breast cancer so that her breasts could be removed. Torres shows great integrity, too, by emphasizing how committed he was in reflecting on his experiences as he grew up with two identities: a Latin and queer identity.

Empathy

Finally, as these two narrate their stories, it is significantly evident that they both have expressed and shared empathy towards other people. This can be seen in the way Kobabe describes his experience as he struggles to know his identity so that other people going through similar things can identify and relate with her story and gender identity journey. Kobabe recounts on one specific event where she took off her shirt and the teacher said it was the right for a girl to do, "I walked back to put my shirt on again. But I didn't feel that I had done anything wrong." (Kobabe, 2022). Similarly, Torres' sense of empathy towards others is visible because his story is told in a universal way where he uses imagery as a description of the vibrant culture they experience at the club. He says, "If you're lucky, they're playing reggaeton, salsa, and you can move. People talk about liberation as if it's some kind of permanent state, as if you get liberated and that's it, you get some rights and that's it, you get some acknowledgment and that's it, happy now? But you're going back down into the muck of it every day; this world constricts." (Torres, 2016). He has used the second person pronoun 'you' to describe all gay men, thus showing empathy towards others.

Conclusion

In conclusion, it takes great strength and courage for an individual to accept things that they feel they have no control of. For instance, Torres has no control over his Latin heritage and his queer identity, similar to Kobabe. They, therefore, boldly and with great integrity, stand their ground for what they believe in, even in the face of discrimination and hostility. Thus, despite the differences between them, they have some shared similarities of boldness, integrity, and the ability to be empathetic towards others.