Compare and Contrast Essay

Choose TWO of the textbook readings we’ve discussed so far and develop an argument based on a significant comparison and/or contrast you observe between the two authors. Your essay must have a THESIS and you must use QUOTES from the essay and close read them to provide support for your thesis. You may also provide specific personal examples or observations from your life as further support for your thesis.

Here are possible texts to choose from:

1-3c Susan Bordo: “The Globalization of Eating Disorders”
4-4 Chang-rae Lee: “Mute in an English-Only World”
5-1 Lizette Alvarez: “Arranged Marriages Get a Little Reshuffling”
5-4 Elaine Sciolino: “The French, the Veil, and the Look”
5-6 Barbara Ehrenreich and Annette Fuentes: “Life on the Global Assembly Line”
6-4 Johan Norberg: “The Noble Feat of Nike”

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