The theory of nature vs. nurture is illustrated in the texts Learning to Read by Malcolm X and Immanuel Kant’s What is Enlightenment? These two literary texts portray the theory of nature vs. nuture. Kant argues that one must have courage to make use of their own understanding, whereas Malcolm believes the ability to read plays a significant role in life. Malcolm states in his writing that reading had changed forever the course of his life. Kant argues that enlightenment is the human being’s emergence from his self-incurred minority.
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What’s good:
You don’t have a lot of fluff.
You have a literary and a theory text.
You put them in relation.
Concerns:
I like that you don’t have any fluff, but you also don’t have much a hook or a transition. You might have a little bit of a transition, but it doesn’t read like transition because there is no hook.
I think that for the purpose of this class Kant is a theory text and not a literary one, but that’s good news b/c you need a theory text for this paper.
My biggest concern is that your thesis is outside the texts. You say: “These two literary texts portray the theory of nature vs. nuture.” Your “it” here is a theory of nature vs. nurture (which is not itself a theory but a question that is debated with many differing theories). Your “it” though should actually be some part of one of these texts.
Your thesis is really the kind of thesis that I said works better for your education philosophy than for your textual analysis paper. For this assignment you needed to use one theory text and one literary text, which you have. The problem is you use both as just examples of your broad claim outside the texts. Ultimately in this paper, your “it” should be some specific part of the literary or theory text. Your thesis should basically be how the other text ( the one that doesn’t contain your “it”) helps us to read some part of your “it” text differently or more deeply.