Reference no: EM132289060
Essay : Comparison OR Contrast Essay
This MUST BE WRITTEN IN POINT BY POINT METHOD (Listen to the lecture and ask questions if you are unclear about how to write using this method)
Choose a book or short stories that you've read recently. If you haven't read a book recently there are several places to discover short stories (or novels if you're extremely intrepid) that would serve this assignment very well.
You will then compare OR contrast this work to the novel by Steve Martin that you read in class, The Pleasure of My Company.
Remember, do not exceed the assignment! Either compare, OR contrast your chosen work to Martin's. Some possibilities for how to break down the readings into something that you could compare or contrast in your essay are below:
Good Bad
Style
Story
Theme
Characters
Dialog
Setting
Humor
Length
Font
Weight
Shape
Print quality
You might think this is obvious, but I've actually had papers that were turned in with some very strange comparisons and contrasts.
Example thesis:
Steve Martin's POMC is actually quite similar to Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground in the internal style of writing, the mentally unstable characters, and the humor found in pain.