English

 

PROGRESSION III: Exercise #3

   

Prog. 3.3: Argumentative Proposal

   

Create a plan for your third essay’s argument, presenting your supporting claims and evidence. Also specify

   

what information you think you will need to research in order to back up your claims.

   

Consider the following points:

   

* Here is one important claim from one author regarding my topic.

   

* Here is an opposing claim from a different author in this ongoing conversation.

   

* Here is what I think is questionable or problematic with some of these claims.

   

* Here is my claim in this conversation.

   

* Here is what other scholars might say about my claim.

   

* Here is my rebuttal to there arguments.

   

For each item, you will need to provide brief summaries of the evidence you will be weaving into your essay.

   

You will, of course, want your summary of what other scholars think to emphasize the passages most relevant

   

to your own argument.

   

Your planning document should be detailed and not simply a list of points; two and a half to three double-

 

spaced pages in MLA format. Include a “Works Cited” list if possible.

 

Shaban 1

Khaled Shaban

Prof. Kane

ENGL 113 A-SI

13 November 2013

Multiculturalism and It’s Effect

Some of the immigrants tend to change their values, culture and language because they only migrated from their original country to a country where they want to live in and continue their lives. Keeping One’s identity requires strong and smart personality .Immigrants should keep their culture and the values whenever they move on to another country for two reasons. People should at least be more confident and proud of where they came from and show other people from the foreign countries their teaching and values and as well our teaching.

People should be proud of wherever they come from. Some of them feel may less confident when someone asks them about their original country because they feel like they will not fit into the new society if they tell them and sometimes they feel embarrassed about it. Moreover, it takes lots of years to transform and try to be another person, and that is not an easy task to do, to change the identity that you were born with. Everyone has the right to do anything that they want and be free but of course there is a limit. It’s now been a year since I started studying in the United States, and I didn’t change the culture and values that I got from my country; others fail to retain their values. So, it’s a thing that also depends on the people and how they think. Changing the person you are isn’t going to help you to interact in the culture and be part of it.

Furthermore, teaching the people your customs and values is important to give them a background about the civilization that you came from, in another words, to be an ambassador for your country. Not a real ambassador, but the way you talk to people and the way they look to you would reflect on your country as well. Let’s say I’m a rude person and don’t like to interact with others. Believe me, they would never talk or mention my name; they are going to mention my country. That has happened a lot to certain people I know. For instance, last year when I was in Pennsylvania, I held a dinner event along with my Kuwaiti friends inviting our friends and some Americans that we knew. We gave them a warm welcome and showed them perfect hospitality; they were surprised and asked us whether we do this to with people or just with them. We simply answered them that is the way we do it in our country and we wanted them to experience it. The hospitality is important in my country, and it’s considered a custom that we always do when people come to visit us. I brought this custom along with me to the United States.

Some people ask that if you liked it in your native country why did you leave in the first place. Everyone have his own reason to leave. For me, I got a chance to study in one of the best countries in the world so why to waste it, others have dreamed of this chance and I didn’t hesitate to say yes. Some people leave because of their financial status; they have a better chance to live in another country and continue pursuing their dreams, getting their dream job, and supporting their family if they have one. The United States of America receives thousands of immigrants every year and it’s a good thing to see many immigrants come to the United States and live in it, but it’s hard for the US government as well to keep those immigrants. Whenever I go outside here I don’t feel like I’m a weird person. I feel like I’m at home, and the way people look at me makes feel comfortable.

To be specific, there are many Asians, Middle Easterners and Europeans as well. Whenever you want a taste from your culture you can go there, not just restaurants, but also markets, shopping centers, and cafes. That’s an advantage of the US. For almost every culture, it makes immigrants feel at home.

To sum up, changing to another country requires a lot and changing one’s identity is a hard thing to do because it’s requires years, and practice and a strong min as well .Bringing the culture and customs of one’s nature land is an important way to teach people about my home country.