Task: Analysis on two essays. Before you post to the discussion, carefully and thoroughly read the following articles. These essays are informal narrations of personal experience, yet they differ in style and subject: "the struggle to be an all-American girl,” "I’m ok, but you're not,". Referring to specific passages in each essay, write a detailed, expansive post in which you: State the thesis or main idea of each essay.

Compare the two essays in structure and style by considering the following: What do you notice about the way each essay begins and concludes the order of the paragraphs, and the vocabulary used?