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Overlapping Brooklyns

Looking at the photograph from Brooklyn Historical Society, we observe:

African-American family in the foreground

  • wearing casual clothing
  • helps us date the photograph
  • child petting cat
  • broken railing
  • graffiti
  • screens
  • curtains

Orthodox Jewish family in the background:

  • formal attire
  • air conditioning
  • blinds in the windows
  • fallout shelter (do all buildings have this?)

Overlaps:

  • racial/ethnic/religious overlaps
  • socioeconomic overlap
  • new vs old home technologies/outfittings
  • recreation vs. not
  • ornamentation vs. worn-down buildings

Thesis statement:

  • Despite their location next to each other on the block,
  • Although both houses have similar architecture,
  • The two families differ in their appearance and activity, yet they both

Organization:

  • block format
    • all about one
    • all about the other
    • comparison
    • or
    • all about one
    • all about the other with comparison to the first
  • point-by-point
    • one element and comparison
    • another element and comparison
    • another element and comparison etc
  • a combination of the two

Including quotations

  • introduce it
  • quote it (and cite it)
  • interpret it: “In other words…”
  • analyze it
  • apply it back to your thesis