In "Reality TV: Surprising Throwback to the Past?" Cohen draws a comparison between today's reality dating shows and classic novels of the 1800s and early 1900s. Think of another area, device, or activity in modern life that you think compares to one from a previous time. Write an essay in which you compare the two things you have selected, presenting two or three ways in which they are similar. Along the way, you may acknowledge obvious differences as a way of accounting for a skeptical audience