Write a three to five page (TYPED) comparison of two RELATED stories. 
Possible Comparison Topics (Pick only one topic!):
Two related  binary stories, chose one pair and 3-5 page unique assignment. 
Failed last attempt and professor notes: “I am not sure you saw the directions for the assignment. This essay is supposed to compare TWO short stories. Right now, this is a lengthy summary of one story. The actual essay should avoid summarizing and instead explore similarities between two stories. Feel free to write me for more guidance and assistance on this, but you need to resubmit the correct assignment.”
Please consider that direction as well. Professor message.
1. Narrative detail and structural complexity in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” (p. 115) and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” (p. 308)?
2. The psychology of violence in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” (p. 115) and Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (p. 412)?
3. Marginalized people in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” (p. 287) and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” (p. 308)?
4.  Problematic relationships in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” (p. 287) and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” (p. 219)?
5. The art of saying a lot with only a few words in Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” (p. 122) and Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” (p. 287)?
6.  The use of irony in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” (p. 287) and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” (p. 308)?
7. Relationships in Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” (p, 122) and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” (p. 219)?
9.  The truths we fail to grasp in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (p. 362) and John Updike’s “A & P”?
10.  The depiction of villages and towns in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (p. 362)  and in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”?
10.  Being trapped in a “dead-end” reality in Edwidge Danticat’s “Wall of Fire Rising’ and John Updike’s “A & P”?
11.  Finding grace in places you did not expect to see it in James Baldwin’s “Sonny Blues” and in Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard Man to Find”?
12.  An original topic of your own!

NOTE: 300 Words
Thread must be at least 300 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. For each thread, you must support your assertions with at least 2 specific references to the course materials (citations to these sources may be informal, but you must include enough information for your classmates to find the original).
QUESTION:
Thread: C. S. Lewis and Francis Schaeffer were very effective apologists to their generation. Yet, the turn to postmodernity in the second half of the 20th century raised fresh apologetics challenges. What are these challenges, and do Lewis’s and Schaeffer’s respective approaches successfully respond to them?
NOTE: In responding to this thread, you will need to read a little about the topic of postmodernity and apologetics. You may find a number of resources on the internet on this issue, but you do not need to provide specific references. However, you do need to demonstrate some knowledge and understanding of the specific postmodern challenges to apologetics. In the lecture I make a point that C S Lewis had a hard time dealing with certain arguments formulated by more ‘postmodern’ philosophers. Why is that? What is specific about the postmodern problematic that might make older apologetic approaches less viable? Or, to the contrary, do these approaches continue to remain viable? You may engage with either Lewis, or Schaeffer, or both in this thread.
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1) A History of Apologetics
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2) Christian Apologetics: Past and Present
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Two essays

MIDTERM ESSAY EXAM
When you choose your topic, be sure to answer the question immediately. The best college essays will answer the question posed in the first paragraph (Usually in your first sentence and then they will develop that answer into your thesis statement). After the thesis paragraph, offer subsequent paragraphs with details, explanations, and quotations that support your answer. Finally, end with a clear restatement of your answer to the question.
CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS AND WRITE A 500-600 WORD RESPONSE ESSAY:
Essay 1. How does a close reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” help us to understand the method, the motive, and the after effects of Montresor’s terrible crime?
Essay 2: How does  Kate Chopin use ambiguity and irony to help us understand the social problems that face Louise Mallard in “The Story of an Hour.”
Essay 3. What kind of love does William Shakespeare’s describe in Sonnet 116 and what is unique in the poetic language he uses to describe it?
Essay 4. Both Aunt Jennifer in  Adrienne Rich’s “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” and the speaker in Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” express defiance to a patriarchal figure.   Which of these women seems stronger to you and why?
Remember, you should pick the topic that will help you show off your best writing and your best understanding of the literature.
Plagiarism check will apply, must be unique.