Essay: Compare and contrast
History Repeats Itself
We’ve heard the old adage that “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Others have said “History moves in patterns.” In either case, it often takes knowledgeable people to actually point it out. In this essay, I want you to become one of these knowledgeable people.
Assignment: In five pages, you are to set up a comparison between a current (within the last 5 years) event/issue/figure and a historical event/issue/figure (10 or more years ago). These MUST be different things (in other words, you cannot compare farming/music/skateboards as it/they is/are today and as it/they was/were “back then;” however, you CAN compare something specific about one artist and something else specific about another artist). You will analyze the similarities between the two, undermine significant contrasting elements, and explain why the comparison is significant.
