Must use the book 50 Essays, Samuel Cohen, Six Edition, A Portable Anthology, Bedford/Martin’s
This paper must have a formal outline to go along with it and must use 4 different sources from text book using MLA-in text citation the cited works page does not include word count
Needs have 3-5 point Thesis statement in outline. The outline should include your thesis and the work cited information you will use to write the final paper!!!
A common topic of conversation among educators concerns the goal of learning. One group claims that the student learns to prepare for a certain or task. Another group holds that knowledge is valuable for its own sake. For this paper, take a side and, using expert testimony from the authors in 50
Essays, make your case.
• In “Two Ways to Belong in America,” Bharti Mukherjee quotes her sister as describing her own allegiánce to her native culture as “some kind of irration attachment.” Would you describe it as irrational, as some critics of multiculturalism do? Or do you find it a natural result of her identity, as• 7:21 AM
advocates of multiculturalism do? Using resources from authors in 50 Essays, discuss “Two Ways to Belong in America” in the light of multiculturalism, both as a demographic fact and political philosophy.• The concept of a minimum wage has been a hot topic since President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed that “No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.” (Franklin Roosevelt’s Statement on the National Industrial Recovery Act, June 16, 1933). Was he right? Is there a place in America for a business which pays “less than living wages”? What are the alternatives? (As you prepare for this essay, you might read “On Compassion” by Barbara Lazear Ascher, “Serving in Florida” by Barbara Ehrenreich, “On Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner, and “Last Days of the Rickshaw” by Calvin Trillin.)• What is an American? In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Gloria Anzaldúa sa that “Being Mexican is a state of soul – not one of mind, not one of citizenship.” Can we say the same about the USA? Using the resources of authors from 50 Essays, make a claim about what the state of the soul of a American is. (Note: For this essay, depend on the evidence of authors rather than on your personal feelings. This is not a testimony essay about your own patriotism; it is an essay about how these writers characterize the American spirit.)
