Compare and contrast how TWO works of this unit address the issue of coming of age and/ or parent-child relationships.  You may choose from

Fiesta 1980 by Junot Diaz

Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden

 Daddy by Sylvia Plath

 My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke

I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen

The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara

In your thesis, mention each of the works you are contrasting (title in quotes and author), as well as ONE main similarity and ONE main difference you find between them in relation to how the works address coming of age or parent-child relationships.

2nd  paragraph: Plot summary of 1st work  (USE PRESENT TENSE) 

3rd paragraph: Plot summary of 2nd work  (USE PRESENT TENSE) 

Analysis of one area of similarity

4th paragraph: 

5th paragraph: analysis of one area of difference

6th paragraph: Which of the two works seems to deal with the theme of parent-child relationships in a more constructive, realistic, or positive way?

7th paragraph:  Conclusion