what is Human

Order Description
for this essay, you need to get know about the theme that we watched during class. the movie is called The Ghost in the Shell

We have already watched Mamoru Oshii’s animation, Ghost in the Shell. However insightful (or disappointing) the animation might have been, the film surely invites us to our class theme, “body,” specifically to the topic of “what is human?” and “what is not human?” Needless to say, our body is the site, where the various issues such as language, race, gender, sexuality, and recognition “take place” and operate. And the identity of a person is affected and defined by those issues that are already inscribed on his/her body. Then, considering the film we watched, we might ask this question: does cyborg or android could claim the seemingly ‘human’ identity, since they are shaped physically the same as or similar to the human bodies? Now you might answer to this question in preparing your first paper by using the rhetorical and analytical skills you have equipped yourself with in this class.

In this 3-4 page paper (Do not exceed 4 pages in total), you will take a persona of a renowned philosophy professor, and write a formal letter to the director (though he is not the screenwriter of this film) to discuss how well he did his job in portraying cyborgs and what insights regarding the question “what makes us human” he gave to you. Suppose that you as a philosophy professor prepare for a lecture dealing with “what makes us human.” And you are planning to use this film as a useful material for your lecture. So, this letter is your chance to discuss the film with the director, and analyze the film according to the theme of your lecture.

Your letter should include:

Complex and persuasive arguments(s) backed up by close reading of the film.
Incorporation of evidences drawn from the film and outside sources.
Awareness of possible counter-argument(s). Stakes for your argument(s).
The title of the letter that might summarize your argument best.
Formal language (which means to avoid casual everyday English) and style that might be appropriate for formal letter, which will include short introduction of yourself (your occupation as professor, name, institution, etc.), and decent closing section of the letter.
And there are other important considerations:

You are required to answer to the question “what makes us human” in your own way.
Pick AT LEAST ONE scene in the film, analyze it, and explain how the scene best delineates the theme “what makes us human.”
You may summarize the plot, but remember the main focus is not about the plot of the film, so DON’T fill up your paper only with the summary of the film plots (One or two paragraphs are enough for the summary).
You are required to bring your first draft in printed hard copy on the designated class day. The first draft needs not be completed, but you need to have written at least two pages by the peer review day. After being reviewed by your peers, the draft should be revised and submitted electronically to the Canvas website.
You will get my feedback only for the second final draft.
Your final draft should be attached to the assignment section as an MS Word document file.
Your audience is the director of the film. And this is a formal letter written by the most renowned philosophy professor in America (you). So, be modest and gentle as possible in choosing vocabularies and expressions. You don’t have to include bibliography or citation conventions, but in citing outer sources other than the film, you should at least clarify the title and the author in the letter.

Targeted Outcomes

Outcomes #1, 2, 3, 4 are targeted in your assignment. Do your best to adequately address them. To prepare, re-review the “Course Outcomes” in your syllabus.