“Just Walk On By: Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples

1. Pick one of the following pairs of essays from 50 Essays:
a. “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie (p. 15-19) and “Reading to Write” by Stephen King (p. 221-26)
b. “Just Walk On By: Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples (p. 394-98) and “On Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner (p. 139-51)
c. “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan (p. 417-23) and “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson (p. 159-68)
2. Write an essay of at least three pages comparing and contrasting the rhetorical situations of the two essays. The parts of the rhetorical situation are as follows:
a. Author
b. Purpose
c. Message
d. Context
e. Audience
3. Write an introduction that does the following:
a. Hooks your readers
b. Introduces your sources (author’s names and titles)
c. Describes your sources:
i. Briefly explains the main idea of each essay
d. Makes a thesis claim that shows which rhetorical elements you will be comparing and contrasting and indicates what you learned by doing this analysis:
i. Example: Through a careful comparison and contrast of the audience, context, and message of Mukherjee’s and Pollan’s essays, I learned that essays that seem to be about entirely different topics can both be making significant social contributions.
ii. Example: Based on the following analysis of the authors, purpose, and context of Mukerjee’s and Pollan’s essays, it can be concluded that although they differ in many ways, they share underlying similarities that make their readers want to become more socially engaged.
4. Support your thesis by writing at least six paragraphs that follow this pattern:
a. Paragraph One: Compare the two essays and the first rhetorical situation element
i. How are the two essays similar with regard to the first rhetorical situation element?
ii. For example, if you are comparing “audience,” you would talk about how the intended audience for each essay is similar.
iii. Remember to include a topic sentence and a transitional sentence.
b. Paragraph Two: Contrast the two essays and the first rhetorical situation element.
i. How are the two essays different with regard to the first rhetorical situation element?
ii. For example, if you are contrasting “audience,” you would talk about how the intended audience for each essay is different.

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