1) to explain how the life of Mary Paik Lee and her family members revealed the interactions between US and Asia in the 20^th century;

2) to discuss why some Korean people chose to migrate to the US in the early 20^th century, how they managed to settle down in the US, and what were the challenges in their life here.

Requirement:

• You need to read the entire book before writing the essay.
• The essay should be based on your original ideas. No plagiarism will be tolerated.
• Your essay should focus on either of the two given topics, and should place the story of Lee’s family in a broader historical context.
• Your essay should NOT be an exclusive summary of the book
• Your essay should at least include a citation from one of the course materials (the lectures, Cohen’s book, or the course pack).
• Font: Times New Roman, size 12
• Length: double space, 4 pages.
• Citation: Use whatever citation style that works for you. But make sure the page numbers, authors, and sources are clearly listed.
• Footnote only. No endnote or in-text note.
• No paragraph should be longer than 3/4 of a page.
• No sentence should be longer than 4 lines.
• Each paragraph should have a topic sentence.
• The essay should have a title, page numbers, your name, your MSU ID, and the date of submission on it.

Submission:

The essay should be submitted electronically in MS word format to the designated folder on D2L (note: there is a specific folder for each recitation) before the lecture of Nov. 19th.

Grading policy

• The essay assignment is 15 points in total.
• The grade of an essay is based on the clarity of the thesis, the validity of the arguments, the soundness of your understanding of the novel and grammatical accuracy.
• Late essay will be downgraded by 3 points everyday after the deadline.
• Failure in completing an essay requirement will result in the failure of this course.
• Any type of plagiarism will result in a zero in the essay and will be reported as academic dishonesty.