Article Analysis
Running head: CITY LIFE BEATS THE SMALL TOWN BLUES 1
City Life Beats the Small Town Blues Mandeep Kaur COMM 1007 Judi Caplan Zelikovitz
CITY LIFE BEATS THE SMALL TOWN BLUES 2
1. This essay is an essay of both comparison and contrast because the author points out the similarities while examining the differences. For example, having a cinema in both small town and big city is a similarity, but one cinema in small town showing three different movies at any one time, and a big city having more than one cinema, showing hundred different movies at once is a difference.
2. The writer uses the point-by-point method in writing this essay.
3. The writer provides an equal number of details that relate to the small town and big city in order to give to the readers a proper understanding of differences between the two life-styles.
4. The numerous resources and options available in the city, for the people coming from different parts of the world, to find a group or community similar to their own origin makes life little easier and comfortable for them, as well as they get the opportunity to learn about various cultures and ethnicities, which is the superior nature of the big city.
5. The thesis of the essay is, “Life is better in the big city, and it all comes down to one general reason: more choice”.
6. The topic sentence of paragraph #2 is, “One of the areas in which having choice can be extremely valuable is that of friends”.
7. I agree with the author because of my own experience of coming to the city of Toronto as an Immigrant. The resources, opportunities and comfort
City Life Beats the Small Town Blues Mandeep Kaur COMM 1007 Judi Caplan Zelikovitz
CITY LIFE BEATS THE SMALL TOWN BLUES 2
1. This essay is an essay of both comparison and contrast because the author points out the similarities while examining the differences. For example, having a cinema in both small town and big city is a similarity, but one cinema in small town showing three different movies at any one time, and a big city having more than one cinema, showing hundred different movies at once is a difference.
2. The writer uses the point-by-point method in writing this essay.
3. The writer provides an equal number of details that relate to the small town and big city in order to give to the readers a proper understanding of differences between the two life-styles.
4. The numerous resources and options available in the city, for the people coming from different parts of the world, to find a group or community similar to their own origin makes life little easier and comfortable for them, as well as they get the opportunity to learn about various cultures and ethnicities, which is the superior nature of the big city.
5. The thesis of the essay is, “Life is better in the big city, and it all comes down to one general reason: more choice”.
6. The topic sentence of paragraph #2 is, “One of the areas in which having choice can be extremely valuable is that of friends”.
7. I agree with the author because of my own experience of coming to the city of Toronto as an Immigrant. The resources, opportunities and comfort