Discuss the portrayal of the lower class. Use “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” by Steven Crane and “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark
Twain. Thesis along the lines of “The lower class of the late 1800s and early 1900s varied greatly from the upper class.” Use the selected works to show the
many differences between upper and lower classes during the time period.
–Identify the title and author of the 2 works assigned.
–Explain how the lower class is treated among each of the texts.
–Explain how each treatment relates to/rebels against cultural norms and context of the period.
–Identify and explain the similarities of the demographic you selected among the works you selected.
–Identify and explain the differences of the demographic you selected among the works you selected.
–Support each part of your literary analysis with MLA cited examples/quotes from each text.
Organize your essay. Keep the following in mind:
A comparative analysis can be organized in a variety of ways (though you’ll want to have a clear and consistent organizational strategy).
Explore organizational possibilities through brainstorming and outlining. Understand, though, that the essay-level objectives listed under each topic can be
accomplished—and organized in your essay—in different ways, and they do not need to rigidly follow the a-b-c-d structure of the objectives noted above.
