it also includes a 15 pages of a book reading but only need to summarize two or three points which will be used in the essay

Essay Request:

we are thinking about "ideal" families and reading about how Americans frequently compare their own families to these ideals. Soto recounts childhood memories of his own family, and Carbone and Cahn present a more academic study of how family and marriage now mean different things for different social groups.

Prompt:

Leo Tolstoy (a Russian novelist) wrote that all happy families are alike, but that each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Taking into account your own experience and the two articles we read this week, write an essay that explains what makes a family happy or unhappy.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1000 words.
• In your essay, reference these three sources with quotes and summary:
  • your personal experience (which can be about your own family, or about other families you have observed)
  • Carbone and Cahn
  • Soto
• Include an introduction, focused body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
• Do not worry about including a Works Cited page, but be sure to include in-text citations. See the example below.

Tips:

• It is important to stay focused in this essay. Choose one aspect of family life to focus on. For example, if you think stable relationships make for happy families, write an essay that focuses just on that. If you think that high parental expectations make for unhappy families, focus on that.
• Include not only quotes from the two articles, but also include some summary of the key points you’re referencing.
• Be sure to use what you have learned about theses and TEAL paragraphs.
• Use evidence and examples from the text and your experience to support your ideas.

Following is my outline, It will be great if the essay can be a little bit related to the outline.

THESIS: Marriage is based on mentally and materially

Paragraph 1

Topic sentence: Marriage is based on Respect, Understanding, Caring and Support.

Evidence: I live in a happy family with all these four things and how my parents deal with some problems appear in our daily life.

Analysis: The importance of these four things in marriage. How it helps to establish a healthy marriage. How these solve problems in marriage.

Paragraph 2

Topic sentence: Marriage is based on money

Evidence: Carbone and Cahn

Analysis: How money affect marriage.

Conclusion

Summary: This thesis will discuss what behaviors in marriage will cause unhealthy reaction and what to do in order to maintain the stability of marriage. And what I think can make the family happy or miserable.

Why this essay important: It can help more people correctly understand how to deal with the problems in marriage and the impact of marital health on family health.

Here is the copy for Soto and Carbon Can