Anne Arundel Community College Walmart vs Amazon Comparative Essay

Comparative Essays:

Pick 2 brands that you are familiar with. Make sure they’re
in the same industry (2 restaurants, 2 clothing companies, 2 tech companies,
etc.) These don’t have to be American companies!

–       Research
the business practices of these companies. How do they differ?

–       Do they
exploit their workers? Do they pay more attention to investors than their
customers? Do they engage in slave labor? Are they environmentally friendly?

–       What makes
a company moral or immoral?

–       What are
some good things that the company has done? WHY did they do these things?
Examine their intentions.

Pick one of the two styles to write your essay with:

1. Block Method:

McDonald’s vs. Wendy’s

·    
Intro: McDonald’s and Wendy’s are both
fast-food companies, but they differ in some significant ways, including their
history, food preparation methods, and treatment of their employees.

·     McDonald’s: McDonald’s history, food prep methods, and employee
treatment. This could be one paragraph for each section.

·     Wendy’s: Wendy’s history, food prep methods, and employee
treatment. This could be one paragraph for each section.

·    
Conclusion
You are free to break each subject into multiple paragraphs, so you don’t have one giant paragraph for each company.

2. Point-by-point Method:

·    
Intro

·    
History: McDonald’s history, then Wendy’s history

·    
Food Preparation: McDonald’s food prep, then Wendy’s
prep

·    
Employee Treatment: McDonald’s employees, then Wendy’s
employees

·    
Conclusion

Treat your thesis statement like the FOUNDATION of your
essay! Everything should build on top of it! If your thesis is weak, your essay
will be weaker for it.