Write а cоhesive, 3- tо 4-pаrаgraph essay respоnding to ONE of the prompts below. Your response must include a clear, argumentative thesis statement in your opening paragraph and support that claim using specific, concrete textual evidence from both Anne Bradstreet, Charlotte Gordon, and Benjamin Franklin. Option A: Compare how Anne Bradstreet (in her poems and Gordon's biography) and Benjamin Franklin (in the Autobiography) interpret the purpose of human life and suffering. For Bradstreet, purpose is found in submitting to the sovereign will and unmerited grace of God; for Franklin, purpose is found in rational self-improvement, correcting "errata," and civic utility. How does the transition from Bradstreet's 17th-century Puritan worldview to Franklin's 18th-century Enlightenment worldview transform what it means to lead a meaningful, virtuous life in America? Option B: Both Anne Bradstreet and Benjamin Franklin wrote extensively about their domestic lives, flaws, and private vulnerabilities, yet both were acutely aware of public scrutiny. Compare how Bradstreet and Franklin constructed their public authorial identities. How did each writer use literature to carve out autonomy while outwardly satisfying the strict social expectations of their time?