English 1010.13 Jamyn Maddox

I read "Why the M Word Matters To Me" by Andrew Sullivan In this essay it discusses the importance of marriage and being gay. First, he explains what his childhood and teenage years were like and how he struggled with his sexuality, how he didn't get the chance to learn how to be in a relationship during his teenage years like most of his peers did. The cause of this was being raised in a conservative, christian home with a focus on marriage and thus had the belief that marriage wasn't possible for him. The effect was isolation throughout his teenage years and struggling with relationships through his twenties and thirties. He explains the cause and the effect and then states why he thinks things should be different.

Anglo vs. Chicano: Why? By: Arthur L. Campa This is a good comparison-contrast essay and illustrates how to organize a comparison-contrast paper very well. I personally didn't find this piece very interesting or fun to read but, it was informative. The organization of the piece was very obvious and I can assume it was formally outlined beforehand. It gave several situations in which the two peoples differ and then gave reasoning why, as well as showing some similarities. It also was made more credible by using a lot of historical reference.