What do they have in common? What topics, themes, and literary devices are shared?
How do they differ? Are they expressing the same theme in different ways? Discussing the same topic but expressing different themes?
What literary elements does each use to illustrate or emphasize its theme?
Make note of quotes from the texts that you might want to use in your essay.For this essay, you'll be comparing how two different works explore the same or similar themes in their own ways.
You can choose A or B:
Write about two works that share theme - which means they both make the same overall point
Write about two works that share a topic, but have different themes - which means that they each make a different point about the same general topic
For example, if there are two stories about growing up that seem to make the same point, that would be option (a); if there were two stories that each made a different point about growing up, that would be option (b).