The death of horatio alger paul krugman

Essay #3 – Compare/Contrast Due: Jan 2 Typed, academic format + special

For our final essay in class, please write a comparison of you to ONE OF your parents.

You may interpret this assignment very widely or very narrowly. Think about all the essays we’ve read in class: in “Salvation,” the young child was raised by his aunt. In “Shame,” the child was raised by his mother with an absent father. In “The Death of Horatio Alger,” children and parents were compared in terms of money and jobs. And finally, in “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King Jr, compared the generation of his day to his slave ancestors one hundred years prior. Are you better off than your parents? Will you be better off than those who came before you? Are you similar or different than your parents? Be specific. The format is normal academic standards, except all topic sentences must be bolded and must be the first sentence of each paragraph. -10% for improperly formatted papers.

Paragraph 1: Topic sentence must be

My (choose one parent or parent figure) looks/looked like _____________.

Paragraph 2: Topic sentence must be

We are really different with respect to _____________.

Paragraph 3: Topic sentence must be

We are similar in the way that ______________.

Paragraph 4: Topic sentence must be

An incident that shows how we compare is ______________.

Paragraph 5: Topic sentence must be

That incident taught me _______________________________.

Paragraph 6:

Must contain a topic sentence, quote and attributive tag for EITHER Paul Krugman’s essay or Martin Luther King, Jr’s speech. For your conclusion, use the quote to analyze the difference or similarity between generations in your family and relate it back to your essay.