{"id":2484,"date":"2017-09-06T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/?post_type=essay-writing-blog&p=2484"},"modified":"2019-07-15T08:15:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:15:08","slug":"compare-and-contrast-essay-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/compare-and-contrast-essay-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"70 Compare and Contrast Essay Topics to Help You Get Started"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re looking for a great compare and contrast essay topic to kick start your assignment. How can you choose an interesting topic that’s simultaneously narrow yet broad enough<\/a> to provide you with plenty of great material?<\/p>\n

In this blog post, I\u2019ll give you 70 compare and contrast essay topics. I\u2019ve also included links to sample essays for even more inspiration.<\/p>\n

With many of these topics, I\u2019ll also give you some basic compare and contrast points to get your ideas going. Note that my points are pretty general.<\/p>\n

When you write your compare and contrast essay<\/a>, you\u2019ll want to dig deep, do your research<\/a>, and find the most interesting facts.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n

Compare and Contrast Essay Topics: Influential People<\/h2>\n

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\nIt’s time to dust off your powers of creativity and have some fun comparing and contrasting influential people.\n

People are the definition of unique\u2014no two are exactly alike. The challenge is to find the similarities between two individuals, even when they seem to have nothing in common.<\/p>\n

Comparing two people from a similar background is pretty easy. But surprising comparisons\u2014such as those between fictional characters and real-life people or between people from different epochs\u2014can lead to the most interesting essays.<\/p>\n

When you successfully make those unlikely connections, readers will be awestruck by your sheer brilliance.<\/p>\n

1. Mahatma Gandhi vs. Osama Bin Laden<\/a><\/h3>\n

2. Edward Snowden vs. Julius Caesar
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Speaking of Romans:<\/strong> The Roman and Han empires<\/a> make for an interesting comparison. Even though the two nations were separated by time and geography, they experienced striking similarities in technological, political, and economic advances.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3. OJ Simpson vs. Tom Robinson<\/a><\/h3>\n

4. Harriet Jacobs vs. Frederick Douglass<\/a><\/h3>\n

 5. Adolf Hitler vs. Joseph Stalin<\/a><\/h3>\n

6. Maya Angelou vs. Alice Walker<\/a><\/h3>\n

7. Hobbes vs. Locke<\/a><\/h3>\n

8. Ellen DeGeneres vs. Oprah Winfrey<\/a><\/h3>\n

“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the hell she is.” \u2013 Ellen DeGeneres<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 9. Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. DuBois<\/a><\/h3>\n

10. Plato vs. Socrates<\/a><\/h3>\n