American Icon Thesis Statement

You were required to determine a theme related to American culture.  The next step calls for you to write a thesis statement spurn by your American culture theme.  In order to compose the sentence you need to determine an American icon that you strongly desire to research in order to eventually write your junior paper on.

The icon can be from any realm of American culture.  Your thesis statement is due next class and is valued as a homework assignment.

The word icon means:
1. an image, picture, representation, etc.
2. a symbol resembling or analogous to the thing it represents
3. a person regarded as a political, historical or entertainment symbol or as a symbol of a belief or cultural movement.
4.  An individual, event or object whose notoriety is such that it is symbolic of the era it is associated with.

You are to select an American icon which appeals and interests you to a degree that you are excited to research and learn more about it.  Therefore, considerable thought should be given to your selection of an icon.

Student American Icon Thesis Statements

Once you have determined an American icon you need to compose a thesis statement expressing why the icon is important to American culture, for example:

John Wayne portrayed many rugged characters who were confronted by physical challenges, in so doing Wayne became the most recognizable movie star associated with the American west as well as World War II.