The difference between the Malcolm X, Mike Rose, Cate Huston, Ross Aboukhabijeh, & Joshua J. Romero's Essays

            These essays have a lot of similarities. For example, 3 of them are blogs, and 2 of them are articles. But in this case we’re not focusing on the similarities we’re trying to focus on the differences. Hey, I just named a difference right in the second sentence when naming the similarities! Not all of them are blog posts and not all of them are articles. Also, Malcolm X wrote his narrative much before the other four, so his experiences are different and he had to struggle with civil rights & African American stereotypes & prejudices. Mike Rose’s was about him wanting to be average. His stood out from all the rest, in my opinion, because it didn’t really tie into all the others. His story was a lot different from the other four. Feross Aboukhadijeh & Joshua J. Romero’s were very similar in the sense that they had to do with computers but also quite different. Romero’s had to do with wiping Google out of his life, almost completely, while Feross’ added in a big chunk of computers into his life. Romero taught himself to live a life without using Google, not because it’s necessarily bad but because he chose to, and Feross built his entire career around computer programing, something he taught himself to do when he was a mere eleven-year-old boy. Cate Huston’s essay was also similar to Feross’ & Romero’s, but also very different. Computers, the Internet, & cellphones are also a big part of her life being a mobile developer but her essay didn’t have much to do with computers life the others did. She told us how she used to hate traveling solo but because of her work she had to learn to love it & none of the above essays had anything to do with traveling.