Agenda for Monday Nov 29

 

1–Freewrite: open subject

 

2**Concepts: Assimilation vs Integration

Assimilation: Melting pot metaphor. Immigrants give up distinctive collective identities and cultural practices in favor of adopting the dominant culture’s cultural practices. [different levels or shades]

Integration: Adoption metaphor. Immigrants adopt basic values and principles of the society they’ve joined, but maintain distinctive cultural practices and identities.

 

3–An Arranged Marriage:

  • Main Characters
  • Setting: Dhaka and Rochester. half -way around the world.
  • Plot: what happens in the beginning, middle, and end?
  • Globalization
  • Ethics

4–Favorite scene in the story

 

5–Compare to Doctorow’s “Assimilation”

 

HOMEWORK: prepare for Wednesday’s in-class quiz  over “An Arranged Marriage,” and also review Steger’s ideas on Globalization and 5 types of Ethics.