English 1C: Critical Thinking Essay (6 - 6 1/2 pages, MLA 12pt font times new roman) Due Date: (8/2/17) Assignment: Consider one of the topics: I choose to propose my own topic. (received teacher's approval) Requirements: Use 1-2 in class philosophical texts (I have them in the attachment) and 3-4 academic sources (requires research) to analyze, explore, and make connections to each other. Needs to have at least one quote in each body paragraph. My proposed topic: In class, my teacher he talks about a scenario where people from different cultures tend to have different views and values, but people who were raised in both cultures can have an internal conflict between their cultures, causing to choose one over the other, have a mix of both (as in a hybrid form of culture), or identify themselves to another culture that lies somewhere in between, or maybe even reject both cultures. In Nietzsche's essay "On Truth and Lying in an Extra-Moral Sense", he says "for between two absolutely different spheres such as subject and object, there can be no expression, but as most an aesthetic stance, I mean an allusive transference, a stammering translation into a completely foreign medium. For this, however, in any case a freely fictionalizing and freely inventive middle sphere and middle faculty is necessary." In connection to people who have lived in two different cultures this inventive "middle ground” and “aesthetic stance” is essential for them to embrace their own set of values and beliefs. For the research part of the essay, I wanted to explore people who have immigrated to another country from their own home country since a young age, for their development is heavily influenced by the struggles of living in multiple cultures. (I’m one of them myself). In sociology, Ruben Rumbaut was the first to coin the term “1.5 generation immigrant”, which means the people who have arrived in another country before their adolescence. Based on the age in which they immigrated, some of these immigrants might feel a stronger connection to a particular culture where some might feel they belong right in the middle, being unable to identify themselves to either of their ethnicities. (Just providing possible examples) Optional (If there isn’t enough topics): Also for immigrants who might choose one culture over another. It can possibly relate to another philosophical text. In Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave,” Aristotle argues that there are two mediums of knowledge that exists: the physical/sensory world(cave), where people(prisoners) are living happily in an illusion, and the intelligible world, where people can achieve a perfect form of knowledge through learning philosophy. For people, who have acquired the “perfect knowledge” of philosophy, when they go back to the sensory world, they will have a better and clearer perception of the world than those in the sensory world. They also have developed a responsibility of “quietly ruling” the people in the sensor.

1. English 1C: Critical Thinking Essay (6 - 6 1/2 pages, MLA 12pt
font times new roman)
Due Date: (8/2/17)
Assignment: Consider one of the topics: I choose to propose my
own topic. (received teacher's approval)
Requirements: Use 1-2 in class philosophical texts (I have them
in the attachment) and 3-4 academic sources (requires research)
to analyze, explore, and make connections to each other. Needs
to have at least one quote in each body paragraph.
My proposed topic:
In class, my teacher he talks about a scenario where people
from different cultures tend to have different views and values,
but people who were raised in both cultures can have an internal
conflict between their cultures, causing to choose one over the
other, have a mix of both (as in a hybrid form of culture), or
identify themselves to another culture that lies somewhere in
between, or maybe even reject both cultures.
In Nietzsche's essay "On Truth and Lying in an Extra-Moral
Sense", he says "for between two absolutely different spheres
such as subject and object, there can be no expression, but as
most an aesthetic stance, I mean an allusive transference, a
stammering translation into a completely foreign medium. For
this, however, in any case a freely fictionalizing and freely
inventive middle sphere and middle faculty is necessary." In
connection to people who have lived in two different cultures
this inventive "middle ground” and “aesthetic stance” is
essential for them to embrace their own set of values and
beliefs.
For the research part of the essay, I wanted to explore people
who have immigrated to another country from their own home

2. country since a young age, for their development is heavily
influenced by the struggles of living in multiple cultures. (I’m
one of them myself). In sociology, Ruben Rumbaut was the first
to coin the term “1.5 generation immigrant”, which means the
people who have arrived in another country before their
adolescence. Based on the age in which they immigrated, some
of these immigrants might feel a stronger connection to a
particular culture where some might feel they belong right in
the middle, being unable to identify themselves to either of
their ethnicities. (Just providing possible examples)
Optional (If there isn’t enough topics): Also for immigrants who
might choose one culture over another. It can possibly relate to
another philosophical text. In Plato’s “The Allegory of the
Cave,” Aristotle argues that there are two mediums of
knowledge that exists: the physical/sensory world(cave), where
people(prisoners) are living happily in an illusion, and the
intelligible world, where people can achieve a perfect form of
knowledge through learning philosophy. For people, who have
acquired the “perfect knowledge” of philosophy, when they go
back to the sensory world, they will have a better and clearer
perception of the world than those in the sensory world. They
also have developed a responsibility of “quietly ruling” the
people in the sensory world without directly contradicting their
beliefs. In the context of immigrants, when they immigrate to a
new country, their perception of the world is changed
significantly. When they go back to their home country, they
will have a better understanding of the world and will feel the
responsibility of having to “quietly” persuading their natives. If
Plato's allegory is used, I wish it can connects to Nietzsche's
essay in any way possible.
I have included the philosophical texts in the attatchments.The
titles are “The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato, and “On Truth
and Lying In An Extra Moral Sense (1873)” by Friedrich
Nietzsche.

3. I also attatched a previous essay I wrote in class. It might give
some insight to what my teacher wants.
For the academic sources, please provide the works cited a the
in-text citation.
If you quote Nietzsche’s or Plato’s essay, I will do the works
cited and in text citation for those texts.
If there there are any questions or if there’s anything that is
unclear, I am very willing to discuss. Please do a good job :)