In the 19th century, Realism in France is often mistaken as literary movement because they felt that it laid too much truth specially on external reality. Meanwhile, America needed a type of literature that would explain what was happening to their society. American writers then turned to what is termed as modernism. The influence of realism and naturalismin the 19th century and their truthful illustration of American life and people was shown in post World War I modernism.
When making connections using compare and contrast, you should look for hidden similarities and differences. Compare/contrast aims to show all the necessary information or details that makes a topic or an object similar of different. Therefore, you should not only state the obvious, but also cite the details that are not usually seen to add more information about it.
The first revision ("Charlie is taking a dance class because he has to rather than because he enjoys it") is the correct answer :)
