I need to write an essay about The Iliad and compare and contrast it to the current war on terror. Do you know any references I can research to help write my paper.

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Thanks,
Michelle

Answer 1

Battle tactics (aka, strategies) in the two wars are probably the most interesting to study. What you'll find are more contrast than comparison, but that makes a paper even more interesting in my opinion!

Read these articles for battle tactics in Iliad:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=battle+tactics+Iliad&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=10&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images

Read these for battle tactics in the war on terror:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=battle+tactics+%22war+on+terror%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

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Whenever you are writing a comparison/contrast paper (paragraph, essay, research paper), you need to plan it out very carefully on paper first.

Try this:

1. Write all the information about one of your topics on one page.
2. Write all the information about the other topic on another page.
3. Then put them together in this order:

1. Intro
2. All about topic A
~~~2A. detail 1
~~~2B. detail 2
~~~2C. detail 3
~~~2D. detail 4
~~~2E. detail 5
3. All about topic B
~~~3A. detail 1
~~~3B. detail 2
~~~3C. detail 3
~~~3D. detail 4
~~~3E. detail 5
4. Concl.

The number of details for each topic will vary depending on your main points. I would include comparisons (how they are similar) in the introduction and conclusion, but sections 2 and 3 and all those details will be stating and explaining how they are different.

There are two recognized patterns for writing comparison/contrast papers. One is casually referred to as "zig-zag,� but can be very confusing for the reader if you don’t use transitions effectively. The other is topic-by-topic (which is what I've outlined above) and is much easier for the reader to follow.

See http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html for further help with comparison/contrast writing.

Once you have organized your information, please repost if you’d like feedback from someone here.

Answer 2

Thanks so much. If it's ok, once I get my paper typed, if someone could look it over for before I submit it. I would really appreciate it.
Michelle

Answer 3

Yes, someone here will be able to do that for you. =)

Answer 4

Thanks!