How to Write a Compare and Contrast Essay:
Opening paragraph
The opening paragraph should include the title of the story and the name of the authors.
“The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi”
The writer of “The Necklace” is Guy de Maupassant
The writer of “The Gift of the Magi” is O. Henry
The opening paragraph should include an attention grabber (a hook)
The essay’s opening paragraph should include a topic sentence (what the essay is about)
Notes:
The name of the protagonist in “The Necklace” is Mathilde and/or Madame Loisel.
The name of the protagonist in “The Gift of the Magi” is Della.
THE SECOND PARAGRAPH:
You can write about either Della or Mathilde.
THIRD PARAGRAPH:
You can write about either Della or Mathilde.
FOURTH PARAGRAPH:
You can compare or contrast the two characters.
FIFTH PARAGRAPH:
You can compare or contrast the two characters.
SIXTH PARAGRAPH:
FINAL CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH
Sum up your main points which you discussed in the opening paragraph and developed in the body paragraphs.
Body paragraph:
Mini topic sentence: This lets us, the readers, know the topic of the paragraph.
Write two to three sentences developing the topic sentence.
Give at least two to three examples to support your mini-topic sentence.
If you state that Mathilde is selfish, then you have to give examples to prove that.
Then you have to discuss and explain how the example shows she is selfish.
It may be suggested however that Mathilde did not change completely. While she is strolling down a street in Paris she encounters Jeanne Forestier who is still beautiful and youthful. Mathilde saunters up to her, fat, red faced and aged. Mathilde has changed so much that Jeanne does not recognized her at first. When she realizes that the coarse woman standing in front of her is her one time beautiful friend, Jeanne is horrified. Mathilde begins to recount to Jeanne what has happened to her since that night long ago when she borrowed her necklace. Mathilde concludes with, “You can imagine that it was not easy for us, who had nothing….and (we suffered) plenty of misfortune and it’s all on account of you.” This reveals that she really hasn’t changed at all for she is still trying to blame others for her mistakes. Mathilde implies that it is Jeanne's fault that she suffered. She does not say that perhaps it was her vanity or her desire to appear as something she was not that was the cause of her suffering, but it was Jeanne that caused her to suffer. She is also quite arrogant for De Maupassant writes that she takes pride in her hard work and cleverness in paying off the replacement necklace without getting caught by Jeanne. Although she has changed in some ways, particularly physically and in her circumstances, the core of Mathilde remains in many ways the same.
Body paragraph:
Mini topic sentence: This lets us, the readers, know the topic of the paragraph.
Write two to three sentences developing the topic sentence.
Give at least two to three examples to support your mini-topic sentence.
If you state that Mathilde is selfish, then you have to give examples to prove that.
Then you have to discuss and explain how the example shows she is selfish.
It may be suggested however that Mathilde did not change completely. While she is strolling down a street in Paris she encounters Jeanne Forestier who is still beautiful and youthful. Mathilde saunters up to her, fat, red faced and aged. Mathilde has changed so much that Jeanne does not recognized her at first. When she realizes that the coarse woman standing in front of her is her one time beautiful friend, Jeanne is horrified. Mathilde begins to recount to Jeanne what has happened to her since that night long ago when she borrowed her necklace. Mathilde concludes with, “You can imagine that it was not easy for us, who had nothing….and (we suffered) plenty of misfortune and it’s all on account of you.” This reveals that she really hasn’t changed at all for she is still trying to blame others for her mistakes. Mathilde implies that it is Jeanne's fault that she suffered. She does not say that perhaps it was her vanity or her desire to appear as something she was not that was the cause of her suffering, but it was Jeanne that caused her to suffer. She is also quite arrogant for De Maupassant writes that she takes pride in her hard work and cleverness in paying off the replacement necklace without getting caught by Jeanne. Although she has changed in some ways, particularly physically and in her circumstances, the core of Mathilde remains in many ways the same.
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