A compare and contrast essay should identify complex details. Simple, basic, and unimportant details are all things that the reader can either figure out on their own or won't even need to know. Talking about the complex details really allows you to address all the points on what makes these two topics different from one another and what makes them similar.
We need to remind employees to log their work hours, to submit proper forms for vacation time, and to only take one hour long lunch breaks.
It was Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter, who saw hypocrisy in the loves of the Puritans.