Comparative Myths Across Cultures Essay Purpose: Across cultures, myths are developed to explain scary situations, instruct on societal rules, or give meaning to unexplained events.
Your task in this essay is to compare and contrast beliefs about why societies develop myths. To do this,
you will choose two articles we have read in class and compare and contrast their discussions of why societies develop myths.
Text 1: The myth of process https://docs.google.com/document/d/19TQjcBKq789D81SJkK03he0L6UkAYntyXY87_BVz1VA/edit?usp=sharing
Text 2: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-ancient-stories-and-geological-events-may-have-inspired-them-
180950347/
For both articles, you will choose three major ideas that prove your argument about why societies develop myth. Next, you will either compare or contrast these three major features across the two texts.
Organizationally, your essay will have at least six body paragraphs:
three focused on “The Myth of Process” and three focused on the text of your choice. As before, you should also have an introduction and conclusion,
thesis, and P.I.E paragraphs. For evidence, you must use a quote or paraphrase from one of the articles in each of your body paragraphs.
Purpose: Across cultures, myths are developed to explain scary situations, instruct on societal rules, or give meaning to unexplained
events. Your task in this essay is to compare and contrast beliefs about why societies develop myths. To do this,
you will choose two articles we have read in class and compare and contrast their discussions of why societies develop myths.
Text 1: The myth of process https://docs.google.com/document/d/19TQjcBKq789D81SJkK03he0L6UkAYntyXY87_BVz1VA/edit?usp=sharing
Text 2: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-ancient-stories-and-geological-events-may-have-inspired-them-
180950347/
For both articles, you will choose three major ideas that prove your argument about why societies develop myth. Next, you will
either compare or contrast these three major features across the two texts.
Organizationally, your essay will have at least six body paragraphs:
three focused on “The Myth of Process” and three focused on the text of your
choice. As before, you should also have an introduction and conclusion,
thesis, and P.I.E paragraphs. For evidence, you must use a quote or paraphrase from one of the articles in each of your body paragraphs.
