The idea behind a comparative essay is, quite simply, that you take two or more things or ideas and compare their points of similarity or difference. For your second assignment in the Essay Series, create a comparative essay. In 1-2 pages, compare the following proverbs:

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die!
Early to bed and early to rise makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
As this is intended as a purely comparative essay, avoid favoring one proverb over another. Instead, your purpose is to analyze each mindset as objectively as possible and compare the relative strengths and weaknesses of both points, regardless of your opinion regarding them.

That sounds easy enough. How is it going for you?

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

That sounds easy enough. How is it going for you?

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It is not going this is terrible I am so not good at this writing stuff

How's this for starters: look up life expectancy in the Middle Ages, when 'eat drink' might have begun. We live twice as long now, I'll bet, or nearly. So do we really want to be gluttons and drunks, getting sued for drunk driving and unable to pay for medical care when our arteries are clogged? On the other hand, there's something to be said for 'living for the moment, enjoying life now, for indeed none of us knows when we will die.'
As for early to bed, great for the farms everyone lived on 200 years ago. It might even be good for your health, but some people aren't morning people, and it all depends on when they have to be at work. On the other hand, being up at sunrise gives you an appreciation of the outdoors, of time, of the day.
Take it from there. You need a lot more. Think!

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Originally Posted by joypulv

How's this for starters: look up life expectancy in the Middle Ages, when 'eat drink' might have begun. We live twice as long now, I'll bet, or nearly. So do we really want to be gluttons and drunks, getting sued for drunk driving and unable to pay for medical care when our arteries are clogged? On the other hand, there's something to be said for 'living for the moment, enjoying life now, for indeed none of us knows when we will die.'
As for early to bed, great for the farms everyone lived on 200 years ago. It might even be good for your health, but some people aren't morning people, and it all depends on when they have to be at work. On the other hand, being up at sunrise gives you an appreciation of the outdoors, of time, of the day.
Take it from there. You need a lot more. Think!

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Yea I do again thank you