Dr. Fussell
ENGL 1302-56352
January 25, 2015
Hard Choices vs. Initiation into Adulthood
When I initially read the two essays I wasn’t really sure what the difference was between the two essays. What made “Hard Choices” better than “Initiation into Adult hood?” After reading them a second time and going through the check list I realized there was a big difference between the two and Hard Choices is definitely was the better essay. First glance I went through looking for grammatical errors and I did not find any on either essay. The” Hard Choices” essay had a better outline and gave a more interesting read than “Initiation into Adulthood” “Initiation into Adulthood” is a very basic essay and gave the impression that is was written by a less experienced writer. I felt the paper was boring and did not keep my attention while reading each short story. The most noticeable mistake was that the paper did a plot summary for each story and never provided a conclusion or a position in any of the stories. The checklist says to use present tense verbs and this story used mostly past tense. The …show more content…
It was exciting it kept my attention and made me want to continue to read more. This essay followed most of the literary rules of writing, Although, I found the plot summaries for this essay to be boring as well. I really liked reading the comparative analysis and the writer’s position for each of the short stories. The writer gave us their view of why they felt each character made the decisions that were made for each story from their point of view. Unlike “Initiation into Adulthood” the writer for “Hard Choices” uses present tense verbs when writing about the short stories. The writer used the necessary resources to support their view of the stories which made the writer seem reliable. The conclusion for this essay was dead on and summarizes the short stories completely and was cohesive with the rest of the