Compare and Contrast "The Bluest Eye" and "Catcher in the Rye"

i have to write an essay on this, i need similarities and themes that can help me make an essay
more importantly i need help with coming up with a thesis statement for this compare and contrast essay!
I know the themes of innocence, childhood, sex, self image are in both books., but i need help creating a thesis and i need examples

Thanks for those who help :)

Just take one small step. Do you know what I mean? Just do one small thing to get started.

Write about innocence and the message Morison gives about innocence.
Then, of course you can write about what we learn about innocence from Catcher.

How are those 2 messages similar? How are they different?

Sparknotes often helps a lot when you want to really understand the theme of a piece of literature. Look on Sparknotes before going back to the books. Write a paragraph for me... a paragraph about how innocence is treated in one of the books.

Just start with a small step. :-)