<p>so, for lang we need to do a compare/contrast writing project on.....
anything</p>
<p>I need ideas to get me started!</p>
<p>I had wanted to compare two different artists of the same style, but I don't want to anymore since it was one of the topics she listed that she said she's had an amazing project done for before, which I don't like because I hate that mine would be seen in the context of the other one. </p>
<p>anyway......ideas?</p>
<p>For lit, I would do it on two authors of the same time period, with different styles (i.e. Dickens and Trollope or Thackeray). If you like history, my personal favorite would be the Transcendentalist movement vs. the hippie movement. I like your original art idea, though. Just because someone's done it before doesn't mean that you can't do it better. Contrasting Michelangelo and Da Vinci would be fun.</p>
<p>not sure how broad this is, but since you're talking about artists...I'd take an author & an artist of the same era and compare how their work fits into the general landscape of that time.</p>
<p>NetHack vs. Angband! NetHack vs. Angband! [1]</p>
<p>Seriously. This is a golden opportunity! :p</p>
<p>[1] If neither you nor your teacher have heard of either of those games, do it on "WoW vs. Runescape" ;-)</p>
<p>haha
i'm thinking something with history or art right now
maybe something with music?</p>
<p>Your Favorite Songs vs. Your Parents' Favorite Songs!
Modern Art vs. All Other Art Forms: Which Is Meaningless Drivel?</p>
<p>The typical response to this question would be to compare two "similar" things -just like:</p>
<p>literature in times of war vs. literature in times of peace</p>
<p>opinions during a regime vs. opinions after (any history topic, I think of the Hitler regime, maybe the Germams view on family, or media (very interesting), communism..)</p>
<p>emotion vs. reason (or any other philosophical question: materialism vs. idealism, religion vs. science,..)</p>
<p>democracy vs. dictatorship (that one could actually be interesting - if you manage to find enough positive arguments for dictatorship - as the most stable kind of state...)</p>
<p>prison vs. school / students vs. soldiers (that really depends on your teacher)</p>
<p>Shakespeare vs. A modern teeny movie..</p>
<h2>George Orwell (1984) vs. Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451) or Aldous Huxley (Brave new world),.. vs.. reality</h2>
<p>I'm sure you'll find enough examples. What I'd suggest is a bit more daring (and it really depends on how much time you want to invest).
Compare things which aren't meant to be compared.
I once wrote a four-page paper comparing mathematical equations to an acid-trip - and I will never forget the teachers' face, when I handed it in and he read the title :-)
Got an A, though.
You could compare final punishment to computers. Or history lessons to DNA.
Whatever.
The trick is to find a connection - if you don't, you'll fail. Then it's an essay, not a comparison.
The connection between equations and acid trips is logic, or missing logic. The connection between final punishments and computers is (for me) the debate on how a modern society should be. The connection between history lessons and DNA is that you meet both of them regularly, and they are never the same, but always similar: Sequences of things (which have mistakes) and repeat themselves.</p>
<p>It is possible to write a paper about this. It is just a matter of research after you found your connection - you'll read wikipedia and learn the strangest things, you'll find similarities and ideas in philosophy or newspapers, and suddenly you have your thesis ("You can't compare two kinds of beauty - the beauty of logic, and the beauty of chaos - both are natural and unnatural at the same time. Equations and trips are similar because they depend on the human mind and his perception of logic to exist - and while the understanding of both of them is restricted to certain people with certain mindsets, maths can be preserved..")
And then you don't have to write anymore, it works automatically - you'll find arguments and quotes and all the stuff you need.
And the result is just.. brilliant.</p>
<p>Which my grammar isn't. But this is because I am not native. Sorry if I hurt your eyes.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice
I'm really interested in reading that paper of yours, haha</p>