Sample Thesis Statements

On Tuesday, you worked on taking a given topic and turning it into a thesis statement by adding an assertion and writing a complete sentence.

Example:

Topic: Hollywood films set in Morocco
Thesis: Hollywood distorts the realities of life in Morocco in order to create a romantic or barbaric entertainment setting for its films.

Here are some samples of your thesis statements. How did you do?

1. Topic: movies set in Los Angeles (or another city of your choice)

a. Movies that are set in Los Angeles should show the Landscape of the city

b. Directors on movie sets in Los Angeles change the scenery often to accommodate film production budget.

c. Many movies set in New York city are shot on the back lot in Los Angeles.

d. Many Directors make life in New York seem more glamorous than it really is.

e. In LA, film editors use the beautiful views to attract the audience.

f. All movies made in the U.S.A. around the world are interesting specially than from Los Angeles.

g. Movies set in Los Angeles usually get very high ratings because of all the Hollywood stars in it.

2. Topic: turning a novel into a movie (select a specific novel and film you know)

a. Turning a novel into a movie is extremely hard; most of the time, the outcome is negatively recepted by audience. (Harry Potter movies)

b. After watching Dear John, the novel grabbed my attention more.

c. Graphic novels, such as “The Watchmen” have a loud cult following, unfortunately the film adaptation, “Watchman” was not able to do the origin story justice. (17)

d. A lot of novels are being turned into movies to make money with out creating anything new.

e. When directors turn a novel into a movie, they tend to cut out certain scenes, changing the plot of the story, which makes the audience not want to go see it.

3. Topic: portrayal of African Americans (or Latinos, or Asian Americans, or Italian Americans, or any other ethnic group) in films

a. In films, directors like for their actors to portray the ethnic backgrounds of their characters.

b. Latinos portray a dramatic acting role in films.

c. Italian Americans are unfairly portrayed as criminals in movies by perpetuating the stereotype of Italians as all being members of the mob.

d. The portrayals of certain ethnic groups are often generalized in films.

e. African Americans are stereotyped in movies as ghetto, gangster and the lower level of disappointments

4. Topic: influences of international music on American musicians (select a specific example you are familiar with)

a. In the late 90’s many American bands such as The White Stripes, were influenced by British ska records from the late 1970’s.

b. The advancement of music is rapidly changing due to the international influences.

c. Radios make us listen to international music which has include a lot of American musicians because of their instruments’s sounds.

d. International music may influence American musicans to do new and different materials.

e. The influence of international music on American music has sent many foreign singers on World tours.

5. Topic: ethnic restaurants in your region

a. New York City has a variety of ethnic restaurants.

b. The Chinese restaurants have their own taste of food, the very look of style of dressing and the image we have about them.

c. Caridad restaurant in the bronx

d. Columbian restaurants are found in roosevelt ave.

e. Many of the Italian restaurants in my home town are overpriced, especially compared to the Italian restaurants in the city.

f. Ethnic restaurants in my neighborhood do not reflect the nationality of the local population.