Answer the Following Questions on Anna Quindlen S Essay: Homeless

Answer the following questions on Anna Quindlen’s essay: Homeless

1. What is Quindlen’s Thesis? 2. What distinction is Quindlen making in her conclusion with the sentences “They are not homeless. They are people who have no homes.”? 3. Why does Quindlen believe that having a home is important?

Answer the following on Ascher’s “On Compassion”.

1. What do the two men in Ascher’s essay exemplify? 2. What is Ascher’s thesis? What is her purpose? 3. What solution to homelessness is introduced in paragraph 10? What does Ascher think of this possibility? 4. How do you interpret Ascher’s last sentence? Is she optimistic or pessimistic about whether people will learn compassion?

Create a diagram or a table which compares and contrasts the views of homelessness and its solution in Quinlen’s “Homeless” and Barbara Lazear Ascher’s “On Compassion”.