The Comparison and Contrast between Jackets and Jumpers

               Everything in this world which exists in a same class can be compared and contrasted. For an example are jackets and jumpers with clothes as their main class. As we all know, jackets and jumpers are common clothes which are available everywhere. Many Indonesian people love to wear jackets or jumpers, especially when the weather is cold enough to go out. In fact, there is actually similarity between jackets and jumpers in term of their function and contrasts due to the material, the pattern and the model that they have.      

               Firstly, the similarity between the jackets and the jumpers will be explained. The similarity between jackets and jumpers can be seen from the side of their function. Basically, the jackets and the jumpers are clothes which can give us warm, especially when we need to go out in a cold weather. Not just in a cold weather, most Indonesian people wear them at night. They will not go out without jackets or jumpers. Based on my survey, six of eight friends of mine prefer to wear jackets or jumpers every time they go out at night. They believe jackets and jumpers keep them warm. Besides, these clothes also can be used as the teenagers’ styles of clothing. I often see teenagers wear jackets or jumpers in the mall, coffee shop and even in a campus. So, I can conclude that besides keeping us in a warm condition, jackets and jumpers also become the teenagers’ styles of clothing. 

               Secondly, we are going to talk on the contrasts that the jackets and jumpers have. The first contrast comes from the materials used for the jackets and jumpers. Most of jackets are made of thick and rough materials such as leather or jeans but most of jumpers are made of thick and smooth materials such as cotton and wool. From it, we can see that the industries have their preference in choosing the materials. The second contrast is taken from the pattern angle. Jackets have button or zipper with them to connect the front part of the jackets. Otherwise, jumpers do not have any connection part since they are loose just like a sarong. The last contrast is the model. Jackets have more variation in model. They can have a specific and different detail in every single part of jackets. Differently, jumpers cannot have any variation in detail since it is loose clothes. The only variation industries can do for jumpers are the color and an illustration. 

               In conclusion, the jackets and jumpers are two things which have similarity and contrast. These similarity and contrasts can be made since the jackets and jumpers are in the same class. The similarity can be seen from the point of their benefit and several points due to the material, pattern and model that each has can be said as the contrast. We should not differentiate jackets and jumpers too much because they are basically functioned the same. Whether you prefer to wear jackets or jumpers is not really important as long as they can keep you warm.

By Ninuk Retna Sumiarsih