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A SSIMILATION AND I DENTITY This assignment grants you the opportunity to enter into the ongoing… 1 answer below » ASSIMILATION ANDIDENTITY This assignment grants you the opportunity to enter into the ongoing debate regarding the concept of
assimilation and its implications. This topic requires you to consider your own understanding and position
within the debate through an analysis of Gish Jen’s “In the American Society.” While Paper 1 asked you
to engage a single secondary source (Crèvecoeur) while analyzing a literary text (your exhibit source),
this paper assignment will ask you to engage more deeply in your argument by acknowledging and
responding to at least two secondary View complete question » ASSIMILATION ANDIDENTITY This assignment grants you the opportunity to enter into the ongoing debate regarding the concept of
assimilation and its implications. This topic requires you to consider your own understanding and position
within the debate through an analysis of Gish Jen’s “In the American Society.” While Paper 1 asked you
to engage a single secondary source (Crèvecoeur) while analyzing a literary text (your exhibit source),
this paper assignment will ask you to engage more deeply in your argument by acknowledging and
responding to at least two secondary sources (from among Crèvecoeur, Glazer, and Alba & Nee). You
will continue to implement the introduction structure of common ground > problem > claim, with an
increased focus on a statement of the significance (“so what?”). You will also strengthen your argument
by acknowledging and responding to alternate points of view (counterarguments/naysayers). Task: In1100-1300 words (roughly 4-6 pages), you are to develop an argument in response to the problem of
assimilation as experienced by the characters in Gish Jen’s short story “In the American Society.” The
varied (and, at times, conflicting) treatments of assimilation inat least two secondary sources(see the
back of this page) will help you add dimension to your argument. In what ways do the Changs reveal a
desire to reject the old in favor of the new? In what ways to they resist assimilation? What role does
power play in the assimilation process (consider power from money, from being a part of the ethnic
majority, etc.)? In what ways do the representatives of the ethnic majority (dominant culture) in the story
change (or not) as a result of incorporating the ethnic minority? Through your analysis of the role of
assimilation throughout the story, you will ultimately come to your own conclusions about the process. In
the conclusion of your paper, you will be expected to formulate responses to the following crucial
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