Compare and Contrast
In the essay “Columbus and the Moon” I believe they are comparing the Columbus voyage and NASA trip to the moon. As proof of them comparing is in the very first paragraph when Wolfe says “Spain was engaged in a sea race with Portugal in much the same way that the United States would be caught up in a space race with the Soviet Union four and a half centuries later.” Another reason I believe these two events are being compared is because Wolfe goes even further and says how they did similar things. Wolfe did this when he said, “But NASA and Columbus made not one but a series of voyages.” Last thing Wolfe does by making me think he is comparing the two series of events is he uses words like “likewise.” Wolfe will use the word “likewise” when telling something that happened in the voyage to Columbus to compare it to something similar that happened in the trip to the moon. These are just a few ways and examples Wolfe does use to make me think he is comparing these two major series of events.
In the article “Life in a Bundle of Letters” I believe this article is contrasting talking through the mail and talking through the telephone. The reason I believe this is because in the article it says word for word “Sometimes I think that the telephone call is earthbound as daily dialogue, while a letter is an exchange of gifts.” This is clearly the author stating how writing a letter is not the same as talking to someone on the phone. Goodman gives a further example of how these two things are different by saying “On the telephone you talk; in a letter you tell.” So, these examples make me believe that Goodman is telling the difference, contrasting, between talking through a letter/mail and talking through the phone.
