first paper is a short paper that asks you select one of the topics below to write an essay using the rhetorical mode of compare and contrast. Please remember that the goal of any good paper is to communicate one idea; therefore, a paper that relies on a grocery list of comparisons and contrasts will probably serve little purpose. Additionally, a paper that relies on reiteration of common truths goes nowhere and says nothing. Your paper needs to be fresh and interesting. Please remember that as long as you have a singular purpose for looking at these two subjects, and you communicate the value in doing so, your paper will probably have a purpose.
Please do not forget to end your first paragraph with a thesis that tells me where you are going in this discussion and how you plan on getting there or why this idea is important. This must be done in one sentence. Please highlight your thesis for me so I know what you understand to be your thesis.