The following thesis statements are for literary analysis papers comparing the characters in the short stories "The
Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara and "The Stolen Party" by Liliana Hecker. Which is the better thesis statement?
(Remember the guidelines for writing good thesis statements that you have studied in this lesson.)
1. Both Sylvia and Rosaura are confident about themselves and their roles in their societies. However, despite this
self-confidence, their futures are likely to be very different because of their attitudes toward the events that
occur, their reactions to their discoveries, and the influences of the female figures around them.
O2. Both Sylvia and Rosaura are similar in that they are confident about themselves, but they are different in many
other ways.