This document provides two topic options for a 300 word essay in MLA format. The first option asks the writer to discuss the difference between John Locke's view of private property as a natural right and Karl Marx's view (aligned with Rousseau) that private property is the root of exploitation. The second option asks the writer to explain how Simone de Beauvoir revolutionized feminism with her statement "One is not born, but rather becomes Woman" and how she used existentialist principles to discuss women as the second sex.

1. Write 300 words in MLA format: choose one topic from:
Write 300 words in MLA format: choose one topic from: a) John Locke claims that private
property is a natural right of man and Karl Marx (in line with Jean Jacques Rousseau) thinks
private property is the root cause of exploitation. Discuss the difference in these
perspectives. b) Simone De Beauvoir says, “One is not born, but rather becomes Woman”.
Explain how she a) revolutionizes feminism with this new concept and b) uses Existentialist
principles to discuss women as the second sex.