In both texts, Rich and Freire want to persuade their audience to acquire the education they deserve. The distinction comes from Rich directing her speech towards female students, and Freire writing to student’s as a whole. In order to persuade her female audience Rich presents a problem, by stating that “When you read or hear about "great issues," "major texts," and "the mainstream of Western thought" you are hearing about what men “have decided is important.” This is when both sides of the contract come into play: woman need to think of being in college to claim an education rather than receiving one and that the best of female students’ minds should be “demanded”. Rich is persuading female students that the solution is in the contract for
