In this essay, students will choose a specific monument, memorial, or mascot and then write analysis, critique, and a proposal, which explains in what way it is managing power. In addition to analyzing the statuary itself, and the rhetorical appeals that it makes to viewers, the paper should include a discussion of the problem, or struggle, that is embedded in this icon’s existence. How is it narrating history, and what other stories could be told?
Your choices include but are not limited to the following:
Rushmore
A problematic sports team mascot
Crazy Horse
