Unit 1 Essay Thesis Statements

1. In Baghdad Burning you see a good example of how Iraqi families are forced to lose their close bonds and solidarity due to the violence that has come to consume their lives during the U.S. occupation through Riverbend, her family and their close friends.

2. In Baghdad Burning the reader sees the downfall of women's rolls in society even past the low state they had under Sadam's rule and the affects it has on Iraqi women and, more specifically, Riverbend.

3. In Baghdad Burning you see repeatedly the ignorance of Americans to the suffering of the Iraqi people and their current living conditions during the occupation and how these ideas affect Riverbend's hope for the occupation.


 Revised:

In Baghdad Burning Riverbend, her family and their close friends are a good example of how the U.S. occupation in Iraq has strained close family bonds and, in turn, affected the ways in which the Muslims of Iraq practice and celebrate their holidays and traditions