If you were a high school English teacher, which essay would you prefer to read?

Alright. I have the opportunity to write an essay on the topic of my choice. I have two in mind. Bear with me here for a minute, and please do not suggest other topics. I want to write about something interesting to me and it has to be in the subject of the Humanities.

The first option is an analysis of the allegory in John Steinbeck's East of Eden. This will include a comparison of Cain and Abel to both Charles/Adam and Aaron/Caleb, an analysis of how the "A" and "C" characters represent good and evil, a look at how discussion of the Bible in character dialogue is used for foreshadowing, and some discussion of the concept of timshel.

The second is about how Gabriel Garcia Marquez portrays his female characters as very bold and powerful in relation to the gender constraints of their time. It would look at the female characters in Love in the Time of Cholera, Of Love and Other Demons, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and The General in His Labyrinth. I have specified in my outline how they deny the hierarchy of the time, but i won't outline it here.

Should I give both outlines with thesis statements to my teacher and let her decide which she'd be more interested in, or should I choose one and keep the other as back up? If you were a high school english teacher, which would you prefer to read?